The Best Of All Possible Worlds

The Best of All Possible WorldsThe two men sat swaying side by side, unspeaking for the long while it took for the train to move through cold December twilight, pausing at one country station after another. As the twelfth depot was left behind, the older of the two men muttered, "Idiot, Idiot!" under his breath."What?" The younger man glanced up from his Times.The old man nodded bleakly. "Did you see that damn fool rush off just now, stumbling after that woman who smelle...