The Expendable Man

by Dorothy B. Hughes

It was surprising what old experiences remembered could do to a presumedly educated, civilized man.

All of this for Clytie, secure, happy Clytie. And in a cold and dark place, a girl who’d never had anything lay unwanted, unknown; lay dead.

But there’ll be another Jopher. And another telephone number. And another old woman. Another and another and another. There’ll always be abortionists just as there’ll always be prostitutes and pimps and pushers. When man wants an evil, he’ll always find someone evil to supply him.”