General Introduction
Rationale: A Word or Two on Companionship
Spending time with a companion is not the same as being with a friend. You might expect a friend to indulge you at times, tell the odd white lie, even, judging when to be plain-speaking and when, gently, to prevaricate. Companions on the other hand are both intimate and a little distant. They might be employed as such – to perform the duties of a friend – or they might be consciously acquired: a pet for instance, purchased to fill a gap. This distance is reflected in some of the many meanings and etymologies of the term: ‘A person who is with another on a particular occasion, a journey’; one ‘who shares in or partakes ...
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