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\\u201cWHAT would you do if you knew that this was the last night of the world?\\u201d  \\u201cWhat would I do? You mean seriously?\\u201d  \\u201cYes, seriously.\\u201d  \\u201cI don\\u2019t know. I hadn\\u2019t thought.\\u201d  He poured some coffee. In the background the two girls were playing blocks on the parlor rug in the light of the green hurricane lamps. There was an easy, clean aroma of the brewed coffee in the evening air.  \\u201cWell, better start thinking about it,\\u201d he said.  \\u201cYou don\\u2019t mean it!\\u201d  He nodded.  \\u201cA war?\\u201d  He shook his head.  \\u201cNot the hydrogen or atom bomb?\\u201d  \\u201cNo.\\u201d  \\u201cOr germ warfare?\\u201d  \\u201cNone of those at all,\\u201d he said, stirring his coffee slowly. \\u201cBut just, let\\u2019s say, the closing of a book.\\u201d