#microscripts

And with this, my possibly somewhat unusual essay that nonetheless strives to fulfill insofar as possible the demands made by delicacy while at the same time aiming at solidity — containing as it does some words of warning — can no doubt be deemed to have come to an end.

Someone tapped at my door, I shouted 'come in' and then hid in the wardrobe, and the one arriving no doubt stood listening, waiting for quite some time. Many a novel has begun in a promising way.