“What next? What next? Who? Which?” “Would it work? I wonder. It’s worth trying. If there’s time. My God, if there’s time….” “Religious mania, that’s the ticket … Looking at her, though, you can hardly believe it … Suppose I’m wrong….” “It’s crazy—everything’s crazy. I’m going crazy. Wool disappearing—red silk curtains—it doesn’t make sense. I can’t get the hang of it….” “The damned fool, he believed every word I said to him. It was easy … I must be careful, though, very careful.” “Six of those little china figures … only six—how many will there be by tonight? …”
