But from there on Howard Givings heard only a welcome, thunderous sea of silence. He had turned off his hearing aid.

No wonder men robbed banks. There were too many demeaning jobs. Why the hell wasn’t I a superior court judge or a concert pianist? Because it took training and training cost money. But I didn’t want to be anything anyhow. And I was certainly succeeding.

For hjertet er livet enkelt: det slår så lenge det kan.