The problem with living outside the law is that you no longer have its protection.
I suppose you think I'm very brazen. Or très fou. Or something.' Not at all.' She seemed disappointed. 'Yes, you do. Everybody does. I don't mind. It's useful.
And in this moment, like a swift intake of breath, the rain came.
I'm scarcely an enfant!
But it's Sunday, Mr. Bell. Clocks are slow on Sundays.
You don't understand. You've never hated anybody. No, I never have. We're allotted just so much time on earth, and I wouldn't want the Lord to see me wasting mine in any such manner.