And the effect on yourself?' Guthrie said.
For a short time, Lymond was silent. Then he said, 'I had some strengths, which have grown. I had some weaknesses, which have gone.'
'That is true,' Adam Blacklock said. Slumped between floor and wall, he had leaned his tired head on the panelling; his face, with its thin scar, was turned without expression to Lymond. 'You have become a machine.'
'No,' said Philippa. 'That is not so.'
'But that so,' said Lymond. 'How could I do my work otherwise?
For a short time, Lymond was silent. Then he said, 'I had some strengths, which have grown. I had some weaknesses, which have gone.'
'That is true,' Adam Blacklock said. Slumped between floor and wall, he had leaned his tired head on the panelling; his face, with its thin scar, was turned without expression to Lymond. 'You have become a machine.'
'No,' said Philippa. 'That is not so.'
'But that so,' said Lymond. 'How could I do my work otherwise?
( Dorothy Dunnett )
[ The Ringed Castle ]
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