The Abbe Paul looked at Agnes rather as Alain had, with respect. ‘How sensible. People are desperate to probe mysteries which for the most part are best left unprobed. It is the modern curse: this...

There are few things more mysterious than endings. I mean, for example, when did the Greek gods end, exactly? Was there a day when Zeus waved magisterially down from Olympus and Aphrodite and her lover...