FIVE
My waking, rising, and all the necessaries no doubt went on the following day, but, no matter how necessary they were for me, they are not necessary for this. So, I shall not mention them again. In fact, I only mentioned them in order not to mention them, so perhaps all this should be crossed out.
But perhaps they are slightly necessary, for two things occurred during this period: one, I resolved to do nothing as regards my mission; two, I realised I had run out of milk and water. Of the first, it seemed to me I had little choice, for no matter how hard I tried to think of a way forward, my way was blocked. I was like Theseus without a thread, although who that makes the minotaur I don’t know, and nor do I know who my Ariadne might have been nor why I was lacking an Ariadne. The ana
