Lanterns & Lances. E-book. Formato EPUB - 9782383839804

Lanterns &amp; Lances. E-book. Formato EPUB. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t you think that things are getting better?&rdquo; a woman asked me not long ago at a party.<br />&ldquo;Madam,&rdquo; I replied, in my courtly, but slightly edged fashion, &ldquo;things will take care of themselves. What I am interested in is people.&rdquo;<br />By people she thought that I meant persons, and she began rattling off facts and figures about sundry marriages and divorces of Hollywood celebrities and total strangers. In this dreary field of vital statistics I am not at home, and I began throwing forward passes wildly, about the state of the Union, world affairs, and a few recent books. As usually happens when I encounter ladies at parties, this got me nowhere. &ldquo;I have reason to believe,&rdquo; said my companion, &ldquo;that my fourteen-year-old daughter has a bottle of vodka hidden somewhere in the house.&rdquo;<br />I didn&rsquo;t know what to say to that, so I didn&rsquo;t say anything, which is rather unusual for me at a party. She looked at me sharply. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re much too serious nowadays,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;What has made you so lubugrious all of a sudden?&rdquo;