“Everything the commander said is true, you know; the experiments I’ve conducted on your... on our kind. Things one ought to be ashamed to do to animals... but even when the full measure of my crimes began to dawn on me, I didn’t have the courage to stop. Not for a long time.”
“But you did stop, and we know how much that cost you. Anyway, if it hadn’t been for you, I would never have got Joseph back, and Briony would be dead. I’m not trying to say you’ll find things all plain sailing from now. I don’t suppose any of us will... but we’ve a long time... perhaps eternity to settle all of our differences, and for you to make amends for your past. Wouldn’t that be a better thing to do than suicide? Anyway, what about Briony? I’ve seen the two of you chatting together, and I know that she, at l
