After dinner we turned the lights out and played 'hide-and-seek'. In the dark,
I touched a hand, a very cold hand. Now, because of the game, I had to hide in
the dark with . . . with this cold person ? not speaking, not knowing who it
was. Slowly the others found us, hid with us, until we were all there ? all
thirteen. Thirteen? But there were only twelve people in the house! We touched
each other in the dark, counting. Thirteen. Quickly, nervously, I lit a match to
see . . .