“I,” he said, just as carefully as before, “am too tired to discuss it at the moment. I am ten seconds away from bursting into tears. I’m starving, and I’m thirsty, and my whole body hurts. I am going to lie flat on the floor and weep because I do not have the energy to feed myself or draw a bath, so I certainly do not have the fortitude to discuss my doings at the moment.” “Should
