The world is full of people who have lost faith: politicians who have lost faith in politics, social workers who have lost faith in social work, schoolteachers who have lost faith in teaching and, for all I know, policemen who have lost faith in policing and poets who have lost faith in poetry. It's a condition of faith that it gets lost from time to time, or at least mislaid.
What happened?" Bailey asks. "That is somewhat difficult to explain," Tsukiko answers. "It is a long and complicated story. " "And you're not going to tell me, are you?" She tilts her head a bit. . . "No, I am not," she says. "Great," Bailey mutters under his breath. . . "The bonfire exploded? How?" "Remember when I said it was difficult to explain? That has not changed.