80 Avenue du Parc Bus, Northbound
Male, 30s, longish curly brown hair, black t-shirt, black jeans, black oxfords, grey vinyl briefcase.
Fifth Business, Robertson Davies (Penguin)
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She was a romantic, and as I had never met a female romantic before it was a delight to me to explore her emotions. She wanted to know all about me, and I told her as honestly as I could; but as I was barely twenty, and a romantic myself, I know now that I lied in every word I uttered – lied not in fact, but in emphasis, in colour, and in intention. She was entranced by the idea of life in Canada, and I made it entrancing.
Night. Hooting of owls.
Noveline (sighing): Sure, and there’s nothing more entrancing than cold weather.
Romana: What could be more romantic than endless snowy nights?
Noveline (drily): Endless summer nights.
Romana: Well, Canada has both. As well as more romantics per capita than anywhere else in the world.
Noveline: Is that a fact? Or have you been listening to Leonard Cohen again?
Romana: Hmmph.
Saleema Nawaz
Happy Birthday to the Master, who would have been 96 years old today.
Comment left by Joe Sinko on August 28th, 2009 at 11:55 am