"He did in fact believe this. Eddie Desmond had lived in New York City all his life, but he had been to the Bronx Zoo, and Christ, there were picture-books werent there? The faint rattle of the capsules in their blisters — silence then the woody shuffle of the matches in their box. He was still backing and filling as her footsteps began to come down the hallway.
You are not a stupid man.
"He did not bat an eye when he said it; after a moment or two Paul realized he either was serious or thought he was. Until he could do that, she would have him on a chain as well as in a wheelchair — a chain of Novril capsules.