Maria says that she enjoys throat fucking but her boyfriend believes she just does it to please him due to self-esteem.

It was already dusk, and the lamps were just being lighted as we paced up and down in front of Briony Lodge, waiting for the coming of its occupant.

A large flock of black and white peewees—magpie larks—passed over our heads from a patch of mangrove […] .

Like magic, the frog hip-hopped out of her thoughts and the starlings came fluttering back and Sammy was there.