Now you here and dealing not with him, who is dead, but with me, who is sitting here.” “But,” he said in exasperation, “that’s not the way it should be.” “I agree,” Janie King said. “You agree,” he said, showing some surprise in his voice. “Yes,” said Janie with a smile. “No idiot should ever be in your position. But since an idiot is and I am dealing with him, it is bloody unfortunate for us both.” She rose. David Adams Richards River of the Brokenhearted
