‘Lonely?’
‘When you know something to be true, you cannot hide from that knowledge. You cannot unsee something once it is seen …’ He looked about vaguely for a moment, the veneer of learned academic slipping to reveal a disoriented middle-aged man. ‘Nobody asked Saul whether he ever longed for the scales’ return after Damascus …’
‘Professor?’ Frank said, leaning in. Mordecai looked at him blankly for a second or two, shook himself and put his glasses back on. The omniscient façade returned immediately.
‘To know what you know, that is one thing. To stand for what you know … that is quite another. To be the only one on the Titanic who sees the iceberg is cold comfort if nobody aboard believes you. Or, if they hear you out, announce that the Titanic is too great to be affected.’
‘And you
