I had to make some hard decisions and toss out some junk that had been taking up space for years, but I didn’t miss it. I started to eat home cooked... meals several times a week. Sam was a good cook by my standards, and she didn’t leave the kitchen a mess the way I did. I was eating more salads and fewer corndogs, and gradually the improved diet seemed to make a difference in how I looked and felt. I started to do more and sit less, and by three months after Sam moved in I’d replaced twenty. Gabrain asked him what he was referring to and Bruce explained that a letter had been found, but that historians had argued for hundreds of years about its authenticity. Bruce explained that they probably had a copy of the letter on the ship's computer banks, but not surprisingly, Gabrain advised that he wanted to write the letter before looking at this artefact.He spent perhaps an hour composing the text that he would leave behind when he left.My loves, all of you - wives and children - know. . form over substance. Larry wasn't stupid. But consciously or not, his good looks and likeability projected more depth than was actually there.I came to think of Larry as the character Chance the Gardner in Jerzy Kosinski's novel "Being There." Through appearance and favorable circumstance, people willingly took on a deferential attitude towards him.Which was fine... but unlike the fictional Chance, Larry came to expect others to defer to his ideas and opinions. The longer you knew Larry, the. ”His smile seemed more sincere than hers. “Thank you, Lucinda.”She opened the door and went to step out.“Lucinda?”She turned her head.“Can I see you again?”“I don’t think that would be wise, Adam.” She got out and shut the door.She waited until he had left before she started walking home. There was a moment’s discomfort when her next-door neighbor waved at her from his front stoop, mainly because she was concerned about the stain on her dress. But from this distance she knew it was unlikely.