People who abhor solitude may abhor company almost as much.
Lonely people console themselves with self-absorption or curiosity.
Living alone makes it harder to find someone to blame.
Paradise endangered: garden snakes and mice are appearing in the shadowy corners of Dutch Old Master paintings.
I have forgiven you. Nevertheless, begone!
The Lady: a fluty voice, sensible shoes, a melancholy sense of living by rules few still remember.