"How much more?"
"Seven minutes"
"Go to Mumtaz," I told the young editor, "let's cut her short."
"But she is good. She works."
Fiction: I wanted her to sit. Her standing made me nervous. Would I be able to stand after the session? Just like that, just like her. So easy. You will fall. Fall! I thought of Mumtaz again: she was so quiet when we met the first time. She was hiding everything that happened.
"How much more?"
"Seven minutes"
"Go to Mumtaz," I told the young editor, "let's cut her short."
"But she is good. She works."