The World Was An Awfully Large Place

Oh, There Was Harm Indeed For A Young Lady Flattered By The Brief Attentions Of A Handsome Man.

It's A Terrible Thing, Isn't It, The Way We Throw People Away?

She Hadn't Wanted To Be Loved Carefully, Only Well.

... People Who'd Led Dull And Blameless Lives Did Not Give Thanks For Second Chances.

Cassandra Wondered At The Mind's Cruel Ability To Toss Up Flecks Of The Past. Why, As She Neared Her Life's End, Her Grandmother's Head Should Ring With The Voices Of People Long Since Gone. Was It Always This Way? Did Those With Passage Booked On Death's Silent Ship Always Scan The Dock For Faces Of The Long-departed?