He puts down the pen, folds the sheet of paper, and slips it inside an envelope. He stands up, takes from his trunk a mahogany box, lifts the lid, lets the letter fall inside, open and unaddressed. In the box are hundreds of identical envelopes, open and unaddressed. He thinks that somewhere in the world he will meet a woman who has always been his woman. Every now and again he regrets that destiny has been so stubbornly determined to make him wait with such indelicate tenacity, but with time he has learned to consider the matter with great serenity.
Ah a Romantic. The women I have known love romance but usually end up with someone who is not a romantic.
I was waiting for you. He puts down the pen, folds the sheet of paper, and slips it inside an envelope. He stands up,...