The Underpainter (1997)
“Boyle anywhere near the collection. She has been forbidden to set foot in the end of the room where it is kept, ever since the day I found her pawing through it, a large plastic garbage bag close at hand, disapproval written all over her face. “You’re a grown man, for Gods sake,” she said to me. “What on earth do you want to be doing playing like a child with pieces of china?”
I told her it was absolutely none of her business how I spent my time.
“None of my business, is it?” she retorted. “And... me the one that keeps you going day after day. You’re such a strange one, you’d lose the power of speech if it weren’t for me coming in here every morning. And praying for you. Oh, yes, don’t look at me like that. You are exactly the kind of person I feel compelled to pray for.”
I explained that I’d much prefer that she would do no such thing. “If there is a God,” I said to her, “which I seriously doubt, then I’d much rather not be brought to his attention. And as for the china,”MoreLess
I told her it was absolutely none of her business how I spent my time.
“None of my business, is it?” she retorted. “And... me the one that keeps you going day after day. You’re such a strange one, you’d lose the power of speech if it weren’t for me coming in here every morning. And praying for you. Oh, yes, don’t look at me like that. You are exactly the kind of person I feel compelled to pray for.”
I explained that I’d much prefer that she would do no such thing. “If there is a God,” I said to her, “which I seriously doubt, then I’d much rather not be brought to his attention. And as for the china,”MoreLess
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