Reflection 17It all happened so quickly that even now, when I am no longer so frightened and can think more clearly, I can hardly remember what occurred.
I had the key of the outside door of the block of flats ready in my hand. But to my surprise, when I reached the top of the steps hurrying away from David, I found that the outer door was open.
I thought it must have been left like that by the woman upstairs who leaves it unlocked for her young man because she is too lazy to come down and open it for him. He is an actor and therefore keeps most irregular hours.
I went in and, still in a hurry, took out my key to put it in the Yale lock of my own door. Then I realised that it was open too.
I pushed it and at that moment everything happened.
A man who seemed to be enormous, dark and me
