Failure Concentrates The Mind Wonderfully. If You

I Collect Ex-boyfriends -- And More Than Five, At Last Count.

The Universe Always Moves From An Ordered State To A Disordered One; That A Glass May Fall To The Ground And Shatter Yet You Never See A Broken Glass Reassemble Itself And Then Jump Back On The Table.

Without Unscrambled Eggs, There Was No Time Travel, No More Depredation Of The Now, And We Could Look To A Brighter Future Of Long-term Thought--and More Reading.

I Could Almost See Common Sense And Denial Fighting Away At Each Other Within Her. In The End, Denial Won, As It So Often Does.

Dci Horner's Advice To Jack Spratt: "remember, M'boy," His Old Boss Had Said, Eyes Twinkling, "that If Anyone Tries To Get The Better Of You, Stand Up Straight And Say To Yourself In An Imperious Air, 'i Am The New Mrs. De Winter Now!' You'll Find It Works Wonders.