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The Secret Life of Mrs Faulkner - Chapter One

How well do you really know someone?

Cruel World:He was vaguely aware of someone entering the room and the sounds they were making, how they were disturbing the peace he had created for himself, interrupted his little world and penetrated the barrier that he had built to keep people out. "Tom?" the female voice asked, though to him it sounded distant and far away. Go away, God dammit, he thought angrily, just leave me alone. All I want is to be left alone. A...

I have been indicted by this wise age, By its each rationalist sage Who has written my fate with my own worthless blood, And with my shattered soul as page "Shackle his voice and blindfold his insight, Chain his thoughts and shut them in a cage" You must be thinking what's my fault so prime I'm guilty of shouting the truth My veracity is my greatest crime! I'm guilty of raising my voice Against the cruel trends of time My...