I told her nobody needs four pounds of peppermints.

She went and bought another case.”

I took one.

It was the first thing all day that had tasted like anything at all.

He pulled out onto the avenue, and at the first light he said, “Somebody called the motor pool this morning.

Wanted to know if a government car had been ordered to Greenwich.”

I watched the signal change.

“Did they leave a name?”