“I am interested in all of life’s pleasures, Sweetbrier, those of the body included. I do not limit who I find those with, though nothing has felt the same since my wife’s death. Not that it’s any of your concern, but I have tried to move on. Quite extensively, for a period. Sometimes I still do, though no matter how interested my body may be, my mind has found intimacy meaningless. Without my wife, the pleasure has been lost.” Good. That was good. Because Blythe felt nothing, too. Obviously.
