ABSTRACT

You are at an outdoor cafe on a pleasant summer evening. A young woman is sitting at a table with two other people. You look at her face. She has very prominent cheekbones and a sharp chin. She raises her right arm to reach for her water glass. You see that the arm is a mere stick with skin on it; her arm looks like a skeleton’s with a flesh-colored covering. A waiter brings plates of food to the young woman and her companions. She uses her fork to push the food around her plate. Very occasionally she brings a small forkful of food to her mouth and chews and swallows the food. When the waiter takes her plate away, most of the food is still there.