The circular room is six metres in diameter, although she thinks it used to be seven, eight, nine metres, but it’s smaller now. Six doors, equally spaced, numbered: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Plain pine panels, simple handles, and when she first arrived she tried them all. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. But they were all locked and, although several months, maybe even years, have passed, she assumes they’re still locked. She wonders whether she should try them again. She imagines doing this, imagines turning t...
