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And I’m glad about this question, because I get a good reason to be sincere.

– I won’t say that I would have given up, because if I had known about the asylum, I wouldn’t have even started… that’s all. – I make a lengthy gesture with my hand, as if to describe the whole tangle of our mutual claims. – You may have many reasons to dislike Moonies, Marguerite, and I even agree that many of us do behave inappropriately toward people, but believe me-I’m not one to put innocent children on the street for personal ambition. And I also don’t suppose you would sacrifice their futures for your own ambitions, either. Or to try to assert your rightness at any cost.

I pause to see her reaction, but all I get in response is a short one:

– You have six minutes left, Craig. I’d advise you not to practice your eloquence and speed up. Or is that it? – The last question sounds like an unconcealed sincere hope that I’ll really get out of here.

– You cut me without a knife, Margo! I’m not even finished with the appetizers, and you’re already shoving me out in the rain. And not even dessert!