John situated himself in a chair near Mitch, who lay somewhat restlessly in the bed.
They talked about this and that. John was curious about Mitch’s incredibly long life, but determined not to ask anything that might upset the guy. After all, the aim was to relax him enough so he could fall asleep.
“It’s amazing that you lived through times before television, the cinema, cars, heck, even steam trains would have still been in their infancy when you were growing up.”
“Didn’t seem odd to us at the time.”
As Mitch talked, John forgot most of his animosity about Mitch’s secrecy. How could the man have casually dropped into conversation the fact that he’d been a teenager when Abraham Lincoln first came to national prominence or Queen Victoria ascended the throne?
“Not that I, or anyone arou
