very important people

They had read, criticised, discussed and finally judged her text. They had taken her story apart. Unveiled all its secrets, dissected all its meanings, understood all its nuances.

There was no curiosity for the mind which had written it though. No interest in the author who had created it.

But they gave her a prize for it.
Drank some champagne in the name of it.
And had their photo taken for the sake of it.