«With each second step, she would lean to her left in a way that made me worry her long coat

«‹But however hard I tried, I believe now there would have remained something beyond my reach.'»

«‹So›, she said, ‹that’s where you have been hanging out. How are things?'»

«As I sit here on this hard ground (…).»

«(…) holding the precious solution.»

Crowd outside the theater.

«‹What I was saying earlier has nothing to do with fascism.'»

«‹I called it, and now Josie’s sick. Because of what I decided. You see how this feels for me.'»

«‹There’s nothing there.'»

«I reached the Purple Door unnoticed and keyed in the code I’d observed twice already.»