Chapter 32

Reasonably considered, the matter was quite simple. There was no commitment of his life to Lisbeth beyond thirty days. They had even joked about that. He hoped she would be able to joke about it as soon as possible again, even though she could not yet. He was aware all he knew of women was a few of their patterns of conduct and a little of their feelings. Women seemed to know as little about men. Women who told men their hearts were broken, he observed, seemed usually to recover. He had taken only a month out of Li…