“I am not too good, that is not the issue, I am only myself, that is all, and I wish that just once, somebody would love me this way, love me exactly as I am.”

All in all, an excellent night. Most excellent.

Three hours later he was forced to reevaluate his position when he was shot in the back.

Sprawling languidly was one of his favourite activities. That and pushing his dish of pudding aside after two bites and saying, “I couldn’t possibly.”

“You are a man who feels what he feels with good reason. I shall not think less of you for any expression of those feelings.”

“I did not say you do not belong to me. I said I do not belong to you.”