\"You want to try not to?\"
\"Yes: I want to cast off all my old life, to become just like everybody else here.\"
Archer reddened. \"You'll never be like everybody else,\" he said.
She raised her straight eyebrows a little. \"Ah, don't say that. If you knew how I hate to be different!\"
Her face had grown as sombre as a tragic mask. She leaned forward, clasping her knee in her thin hands, and looking away from him into remote dark distances.
\"You want to try not to?\"
\"Yes: I want to cast off all my old life, to become just like everybody else here.\"
Archer reddened. \"You'll never be like everybody else,\" he said.
She raised her straight eyebrows a little. \"Ah, don't say that. If you knew how I hate to be different!\"
Her face had grown as sombre as a tragic mask. She leaned forward, clasping her knee in her thin hands, and looking away from him into remote dark distances.
