“The townsfolk would assume, from this day forward, that Klara's death had turned a gentle man bitter and hard, but the truth, Vaclav knew, was that her absence only rendered him, again, the man he'd been before he'd met her,… — Bruce Machart Copy Share Image
“She had a knack for numbers and negotiation, and once, when Karel had asked when she planned to settle down, Elizka Novotny had pulled… — Bruce Machart Copy Share Image
“The townsfolk would assume, from this day forward, that Klara's death had turned a gentle man bitter and hard, but the truth, Vaclav knew,… — Bruce Machart Copy Share Image
“You could rub a dry turd with a whole can of linseed oil, after all, and all you'd end up with was mess of… — Bruce Machart Copy Share Image
