"Hard lesson." Yes indeed. "Grief is great," as Aslan says in _The Magician's Nephew,_ and furthermore the survivor's guilt in this case must have been ferocious.
Listening to Matt Dillon try to explain things to Slow Joe reminded me of Bill Conrad and Charles McGraw in "The Killers." "What's your name, Bright Boy?" "Town's fulla Bright Boys." "What do people do in this town, Bright Boy?" "They come here. They come here to eat the Big Dinner."
"Hard lesson." Yes indeed. "Grief is great," as Aslan says in _The Magician's Nephew,_ and furthermore the survivor's guilt in this case must have been ferocious.
Listening to Matt Dillon try to explain things to Slow Joe reminded me of Bill Conrad and Charles McGraw in "The Killers."
"What's your name, Bright Boy?"
"Town's fulla Bright Boys."
"What do people do in this town, Bright Boy?"
"They come here. They come here to eat the Big Dinner."