"Of course I prefer the actual performance to a recording, but harpsichords are slightly difficult to come by in Pittsburgh."

Carlisle stares at the gramophone for a long moment.





"I don't want you to choose me out of...some idea of recompense. You owe me nothing. I have lived for a very long time.

"Don't stay with me because you feel as though you have to."

Family doesn't work that way.