Heck, just about the whole Circle is based on friends, relatives, and lovers you’ve had.”Dave reacted, “That’s not quite true.”Ken recited t...e list, “Let’s see, since you, the Marburys, Connors, and Winters created your foursome, you’ve brought in Pam, Roy – indirectly, Owen, Julie, Christie, Heather, Mike, Clarisse, Nancy, Aaron, Shelby, Holly, Dale, Susan, me – via Alice and Pam, Donna, Erin, Emily, Derek, Abby, Paul, Megan, Ashley, and recently Joan. As I think about it, only Jack, Grace,. If they come and join us, they do so of their own free will.”“But it's all sorcery and witchcraft,” Georges’ tone harsher than intended. “Willing or not, they won’t remember anything when they wake in the morning.”“Some may recall in the deepest of their dreams, but most won’t be aware that anything ever happened, save for a little discomfort and perhaps some stained underwear but, if it were different, we would not have survived all these years. More of us would lay at the bottom of this. "Cooler heads finally prevailed and they settled on Christopher." Apple," Rita said with chagrin. Chris' revelation had apparently been enough to let her know that everyone thought of naming their kids something weird."Apple?" Regan exclaimed, the fork stopping halfway to her mouth. "Why not Asparagus or ... or ... Mango?" Hey, just think," Ruth said. "If you had been named Tullulah Apple we'd have been besties your first day on campus! Tullulah Apple and Ruth Hariot. What a pair we would have. We didn’t hold hands on the way up, or in the kitschy museums or the restaurant where we had lunch. I didn’t push anything. She liked the little shops, especially the witchy and New Age ones. ‘If you like these, what about Nathaniel Hawthorne’s house?’ ‘That’s here?’ ‘Are you sure you’re from New England? I bet you’ve never seen the Miskatonic River either.’ She got that joke. ‘We’d best hurry. It might rain.’ I checked the tourist map. The house was perfect for her, as old as lust and full of.