You noticed the sentence I hoped you would admire. Then you asked what it left out.
That is a terrible quality in a customer. It is an excellent quality in a reader.
I used to think the opposite of a lie was the truth. Convenient little pair. Easy to put on a business card. Then I spent enough time in rooms with very honest men and very expensive lawyers to notice how much damage a perfectly accurate sentence could do.
Read the books. Pay attention to the ordinary things. The chair. The envelope. The name nobody uses. People can rehearse a confession. Their furniture has had less practice.
M. Vane