Re: The family in the cellar

In article <K0M6vJ.7x2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Dorothy J
Heydt) wrote:

> 
> I've read about it.  And now the guy is saying, "I'm not a
> monster!  After all, I could have killed them if I wanted to."

It's things like this that makes the story so horribly fascinating for
me.  Usually, I have some inkling of the thought processes of another
person resulting in their behaviour, even if I wouldn't behave that way
myself, even if I don't understand it fully.  But in this case, it's so
alien.