Tyler’s up for it.”“So are there other candidates you want to talk about, or are you set on Monica and Tyler?” Garrett asked.Sophie laughed at...the question. “Elaine’s promised Monica that she’s first in line.”“Then set it up,” Garrett replied.Elaine nodded. She obviously had something on her mind, but seemed hesitant, which was unusual for the outgoing redhead. Finally she spoke. “I need to talk to you about how you relate to your couples,” she said. “I really hope you won’t be offended. You’re. “Someone said the world’s a stage,” I said. “But I think the world’s an audience. Everyone’s watching. No one’s performing.”Outside, on the other side of the glass, night had fallen. The streetlights had flickered on about an hour ago. Lights were on in most of the houses, and dull shadows thrown from the glow of televisions danced on the walls and faces of our neighbors. Cars drove by at safe, reasonable speeds. Cats scampered past, bodies pressed close to the ground, chasing mice and. I won’t say I have been celibate over the last 4 years. I have dated and bedded some very nice ladies. Some that wanted to make me a permanent part of their life but my heart belongs to Julia. It wouldn’t be fair a trade off for them. I would just eventually wind up hurting them. So I kept my relationships short term.Julia and her man found themselves in the same restaurant as me and one of my dates about a year after our divorce. The woman was at least the equivalent of Julia on an. The library was huge: an enormous, flattened cylinder resting on its elliptical base, resembling the famous operating theatre at Padua, except built on a truly vast scale. The main room was easily a hundred yards in length and half as wide. The walls rose up and up to a ceiling that soared at a height no Muggle architect would consider, but which was trivial for the wizards who had designed the place. At intervals enormous windows provided lighting, but these too were magical, for the library.