"Gustavo had gone for a zebra, under the mistaken assumption that his experience with horses as a boy in Mexico would somehow give him an edge in handling the African equine."
"I heard the edge in my own voice, the letting-them-know but not-letting them-know anger."
"They likely walked along the Via Annia, probably keeping to the sand or gravel path at the edge in order to avoid the hard flagstones of the paved way."