Caroline wasn't there either: presumably still withher parents. ''Really? Look, I can't talk about it now. A strange silenceformed between them; she wanted to break it and couldn't,just sat there, looking at him, trying to make sense of hismood, of what he was saying. 'Good night, Octavia.
'She said nothing. doctor appeared, and gave her aninjection and she sank into a blank darkness that she hopedmore fervently than ever might be death. She hadn't thought to askhim; other years, another life, she would have done so before anyone else. Or rather my head.
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