“If you had studied you would have been as successful as Greco.” “How can you say that?” “It’s my job.” “You professors insist so much on education because that’s how you earn a living, but studying is of no use, it doesn’t even improve you—in fact it makes you even more wicked.” “Has Elena become more wicked?” “No, not her.” “Why not?” Lila stuck the wool cap on her son’s head. “We made a pact when we were children: I’m the wicked one.”
