Metamorphosis Two

       October knew, of course, that the action of turning a page, of ending a chapter or of shutting a book, did not end a tale.
       Having admitted that, he would also avow that happy endings were never difficult to find: "It is simply a matter," he explained to April, "of finding a sunny place in a garden, where the light is golden and the grass is soft; somewhere to rest, to stop reading, and to be content."