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The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker cover image

T. Coraghessan Boyle Reads “Princess”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

CHAPTER

The Bathroom

The first door she tried was locked so she moved to the next one which gave on to a bathroom or a half bath actually as she saw when she flicked the light on. It was like any bathroom in anybody's house, toilet sink, mirror, towel rack, frame cartoon on the wall and if it could have been cleaner she wasn't complaining. She'd barely close her eyes before she woke to the overhead light and three faces lined up in a row staring down at her. Why didn't you let the dogs out? I would have if I'd known but I was afraid to because it could have be anybody down there with a knife or a gun or who knows what. Don herself

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