Glottic cancers tend to be picked up at an early stage, as they cause a hoarse voice very quickly.

Today I can see Bronisław Geremek, who died in a car crash a few weeks ago, in jail in Białołęka and hear his hoarse shouts from behind the bars of the prison on Rakowiecka Street.

A man shouting, Shut up! The dogs frantically snarling, claws scrabbling, then her her voice hoarse, harsh, hollow, almost only a tone, incoherent, a note, a squawk, bone on metal, metal gone molten, calling them back, Come back darlings, come back dear ones.