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Mass Market Paperback
First published January 7, 1972
He says:
—I'm never coming back.
The news is received with silence.
The look on the children's faces has not changed.
Their anxiety remains the same.
—Never?
The voice is neutral, mechanical.
—Never.
The adult voice is as calm as that of the child.
The woman crosses the rectangle of light separating the man from the children, she needs air, she runs toward the balcony, bumps into the door, stops there, against the door, hiding her face in her hands.
The children do not see her. They see the man and only him.
—Why?
The voice is clear, still calm, completely colourless.
—I don't want children anymore.