Not to help.

Not because you owe anybody anything and not because I do.

And I’d like you to understand that I’m not going to be grateful, because I’ve been grateful for eighteen years and it turns out to be the worst possible foundation for anything.”

Arthur thought about that for a while.

And he said: “I opened the gate before I knew it was you.

“I want that on the record because you’re going to wonder about it in about six years.