My only option was to rent a car and embark on a four-hour drive into the desert in the middle of the night, completely alone.

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Excerpt: The night she left and he was alone in the house he looked at his service pistol, picked it up and thought about where to shoot himself.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

That night, alone in the apartment for the first time, Constance hid in her room.

NEWYORKER: Shauntrelle

He would glide in the mountains above Zermatt, often alone and often at night, forbidden even to switch on a torch.

ECONOMIST: Obituary

And more than a third reported experiencing health and safety problems in the workplace - having to travel home alone late at night because employers did not provide transport was the most common complaint.

BBC: Students' raw deal at work

From 1964 to 1973 her allure alone packed out his night club in Hanover Square with Hollywood stars and the crowned heads of Europe.

ECONOMIST: Danny La Rue

He wrote some of the talking-baby scripts while working alone late at night in his office, sipping a little Oban whiskey and listening to Radiohead on his iPod, he says.

WSJ: Tactics to Spark Creativity

One sultry summer night, David finds himself alone in his Belgravia mansion but for the dog and one of the Filipina maids.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

The girl, who was found on board alone but unharmed, spent Saturday night in protective custody.

BBC: Norfolk Broads search uncovers bodies