In “I Know Thy Works,” Tara Isabella Burton imagines an app that tracks your every decision—and publishes a daily ethics score.
—that’s how I’d put it. There was only so long you could turn off AreteI made my customary excuses to Gabe. I put on my only decent cocktail dress. I told myself that I had done as close to the right thing as anyone could expect. I watched my phone battery life slide down to zero, and then AreteTonight it was just the six of us: Harry and Ursula, Ray and Janine, me and Ralph.Advertisement
Now it was on Harry to swallow, to smile, to pretend not to wince. I never knew whether he enjoyed this part for its own sake, or whether he simply accepted turnabout as an inevitable part of fair play.He squeezed my shoulder. “I—I’m sorry…” he began, still staring at the cigar box in Harry’s arms. “I didn’t bring anything. I didn’t realize …”,” Harry said, clapping him on the shoulder. “Sing for your supper. Do something AreteHarry led us to the table. He opened the first bottle of wine.Ralph spluttered.“Good help is so hard to find,” Harry said. “Janine?”Ursula, too, had pawned off her phone on an assistant. Ray had left it with his campaign manager, who was volunteering at a coat drive.
Again Harry caught my eye. Again I balked. Even now I couldn’t tell what Harry wanted from me, or whether flustering me was just part of his fun.“Don’t worry,” he said, setting down a plate in front of Ursula, who grimaced. “I won’t say a word to your fans.” He put a finger to his lips.“Or have I gone too far?”She picked up the knife. She made several surgical, methodical cuts. She speared a piece of veal onto the back of her fork. She swallowed.AdvertisementUrsula kept on eating.
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