‘Yes. I want to do this on my own. The fewer eyes, and the fewer words, the better. I will take care of what needs to be taken care of – short of wiping the blood from the street, I’m sure the desert will cover it in time – and then I will retire to the rest house. Do not disturb me today, and do not disturb me tomorrow. I will not want company. Do you understand?’ She said all this very calmly and deliberately, without meeting his eyes. She was looking at a fixed point, or maybe she was not looking at anything at all. ‘I understand,’ he said. ‘I will be around, if you need me.’ ‘I know,’ she
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