and there was light , of course , in the library . we saved each other with our love . perhaps it was time for a change . maybe it was selfish of me to keep it a secret from him , but i already knew how things went once someone knew . after new york , she had been happy to put distance between them . thank you , i tell her you come . we paused before that doorway to the world beneath . done , he drops it in a mailbox . 