Pale Betrayer
“The urge kept building in him to leave the notebook on the bed—the door open—and himself to flee. He could see her in this room, sitting with the notebook beneath the reproduction of autumn colors in Brown County—trying perhaps to decipher the words he had scratched out. The fact remained that he had not killed Peter. For all the crossing out that he had done, the unexpected truth pared down to in his scrutiny of self was that the man he killed was Eric Mather … who now was simply taking a long... time dying. Agamemnon died tonight: how aptly he had spoken in that grandiloquent cry of self-recrimination!
Janet when she came took him by surprise. Deeply sunk in his own thought, he had not heard the elevator. She stood in the doorway, her coat open, purse and gloves in hand, like a young girl who had been running. He leapt to his feet and crossed the room. Then both of them just stood facing each other as though a phantom wall rose up between them. He opened his arms, a gesture of helplessness, but Janet crashed into them.MoreLess
Janet when she came took him by surprise. Deeply sunk in his own thought, he had not heard the elevator. She stood in the doorway, her coat open, purse and gloves in hand, like a young girl who had been running. He leapt to his feet and crossed the room. Then both of them just stood facing each other as though a phantom wall rose up between them. He opened his arms, a gesture of helplessness, but Janet crashed into them.MoreLess
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