“Control of what?” Kate said, not following McEwan, who seemed to be trying to out-stare her.
“Himself. Perhaps the "angel", seeking sensation, took him over briefly, or at length? Perhaps this was another thrill, maybe not a new one, just a rare one. Kether seems to think he was out of control.”
“I could be wrong about his ability to kill. I"ve been fooling myself a lot about who Robert is,” Kate said. “I might need to start learning who he is from scratch. Yeah, he could have lost control, but it sounds far too organised for that.”
“Aye, you"re right. It was planned, but perhaps the lust for sensation can grow too strong, that maybe Saint Claire indulges himself. That he is capable of murder.” And so are you. McEwan came back once again to the inevitable fact he was trying to avoid.
