A Meme Is Stalking The Blogosphere

For the first time in what feels like bloody ages (and probably is) I am doing a meme. And for the first time in an even longer time I've been tagged, rather than doing it off my own back.

Ill Man has tagged me to do the following:-

Take a book you are currently reading, go to page 123, go five sentences down and then quote the next three sentences.

The book I've decided to use is Yukio Mishima's novel Forbidden Colours, a book the plot of which is described as

Shunsuke's novels are serene, romantic and pure. His life, however, is another matter. Embittered by three broken marriages and unsatisfactory affairs, his abiding passion is revenge. His only pleasure is derived from witnessing the suffering of womankind.

A laugh a minute, I'm sure you'll agree. Anyway, on with the meme

As far as Kyoko knew, romance was a thing that could only happen to her or her acquaintances. Even they, however, were always paired in predictable patterns. In short, the arranged romance was all they believed in.

Good eh?

I'm not going to bother to tag anyone, but if you want to have a go at these meme, please be my guest.