The first page has stood blank since the winter I was sixteen. The Board's forms have no column for why.

• Nell BriggsWhat could've happened at that age. No, never mind, you won't answer even if I ask.
  Barnaby HollowayI never said don't ask. I only said I won't answer.
• Doctor Ambrose KilburnYou first brought that up when you were two-and-twenty. Not once since.
  Barnaby HollowayYour memory serves you rather too well, Doctor.