Loser Takes All (2001)
“Cary’s face was like that – she would always until old age look at the world with the eyes of a child. She was never bored: every day was a new day: even grief was eternal and every joy would last for ever. ‘Terrible’ was her favourite adjective – it wasn’t in her mouth a cliché – there was terror in her pleasures, her fears, her anxieties, her laughter – the terror of surprise, of seeing something for the first time. Most of us only see resemblances, every situation has been met before, but Cary saw only differences, like a wine-taster who can detect the most elusive flavour.
We went back to the hotel and the Seagull hadn’t come and Cary met this anxiety quite unprepared as though it were the first time we had felt it. Then we went to the bar and had a drink, and it might have been the first drink we had ever had together. She had an insatiable liking for gin and Dubonnet which I didn’t share. I said, ‘He won’t be in now till tomorrow.’ ‘Darling, shall we have enough for the bill...?’ ‘Oh, we can manage tonight.’ ‘We might win enough at the Casino.’ ‘We’ll stick to the cheap room.MoreLess
We went back to the hotel and the Seagull hadn’t come and Cary met this anxiety quite unprepared as though it were the first time we had felt it. Then we went to the bar and had a drink, and it might have been the first drink we had ever had together. She had an insatiable liking for gin and Dubonnet which I didn’t share. I said, ‘He won’t be in now till tomorrow.’ ‘Darling, shall we have enough for the bill...?’ ‘Oh, we can manage tonight.’ ‘We might win enough at the Casino.’ ‘We’ll stick to the cheap room.MoreLess
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