God is so cruel," she murmured reflectively, as though answering him.<br />"Yes," he admitted, from the vantage point of going blind. "Though maybe people are kinder if He made them that way."<br />"You've run with a different crowd. Rich people are nicer to rich people."<br />"Sure. Yes. That's why I've washed up here. Rich people couldn't have been nicer to me.