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202 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1942
At other times he would not have missed a word. But his experience had taught him already that the inhabitants of this house did not always tell the truth and that even when they were not lying, their words were rarely of any use. Besides, he could not have understood these words; they were spoken in a tone that stripped them of all sense; no meaning could correspond to an expression of such great sadness; for them to carry so much despair, they had to be deprived completely of the unburdened clarity contained in an intelligible word.
Thomas did not understand everything he saw and would have needed some explanation. But the pleasure he took in observing was all the greater.