May 28. Nowhere can you observe the progression of the story better than in the elevator episodes. This time there are three of us in the car when another woman with a dog joins us and politely asks if it’s okay. The woman next to me raises her hand defensively. No, I guess you’ll have to wait. The woman bounces back, and with one quick step I am, annoyed, also outside. No, you would have been okay, the woman calls out as the door closes. The other woman and I take the next elevator. Do you have any idea what bothered her? she asks. Is it covid, or is it the dog?