He felt that what they really meant to say was: ‘You have chosen the easiest terrain.’ But if they elected to place obstacles in their own way – and they so clearly did, encumbering themselves with every sort of unnecessary allegiance – that was no reason why they should object to his having simplified his life. So it was with a certain annoyance that he would say: ‘Everyone makes the life he wants. Right?’ as though there were nothing further to be said.
