You won't have people always coming about you to interrupt." "How far can one live alone ?" he asked.

"Have you tried ever ?" "Once for three weeks," she replied.

"My father and mother were in Italy, and something happened so that I couldn't join them.

For three weeks I lived entirely by myself, and the only person I spoke to was a stranger in a shop where I lunched--a man with a beard.

Then I went back to my room by myself and--well, I did what I liked.