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156 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1930
When the vicar鈥檚 wife went off with a young and penniless man the scandal knew no bounds. Her two little girls were only seven and nine years old respectively. And the vicar was such a good husband. True, his hair was grey. But his moustache was dark, he was handsome, and still full of furtive passion for his unrestrained and beautiful wife.
Why did she go? Why did she burst away with such an 茅clat of revulsion, like a touch of madness?
In his eyes, she was just brazening out the depravity that underlay her virgin, tender, bird-like face. She-who-was-Cynthia had been like this: a snowflower. And he had convulsions of sadistic horror, thinking what might be the actual depravity of She-who-was-Cynthia. Even his own love for her, which had been the lust love of the born cowed, had been a depravity, in secret, to him. So what must an illegal love be?
鈥榊ou know best yourself, what you have got,鈥� he sneered. 鈥楤ut it is something you had best curb, and quickly, if you don鈥檛 intend to finish in a criminal-lunacy asylum.鈥�
鈥榃hy?鈥� she said, pale and muted, numbed with frozen fear. 鈥榃hy criminal lunacy? What have I done?鈥�
鈥�... adam onun 眉st眉nde g眉莽 kazanm谋艧t谋. G枚lgesi k谋z谋n 眉st眉ndeydi.
Adamsa kahvesini 眉flerken tek bir 艧eyin, k谋z谋n bakireli臒inin gizemli meyvesinin ve bedeninin ola臒an眉st眉 tatl谋l谋臒谋n谋n fark谋ndayd谋.
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脟ingene onun orada oldu臒unun t眉m varl谋臒谋yla fark谋ndayd谋, bir g枚lgenin 枚z眉, bekleyi艧i ve hep yerinde kal谋艧谋 gibi onu bekliyordu.鈥�
鈥�... bir ucuz cinsellik var, bir de ucuz olmayan 枚b眉r眉. Korkun莽 derece karma艧谋k ger莽ekten! Ben, s谋radan insanlardan tiksiniyorum. S谋radan olmayan insanlara kar艧谋 da -cinsel s枚zc眉臒眉ne tiksintisini g枚steren bir vurguyla-cinsel bir d眉rt眉 duymuyorum. Belki de ben cinsellik denen 艧eyden yoksunum.鈥�
鈥淜orkak do臒anlarsa do臒al tutsaklard谋r ve derinlerdeki i莽g眉d眉leri, boyunduruklar谋n谋n ans谋z谋n boyunlar谋na kilitlenece臒i korkusuyla onlar谋 zehirli bir deh艧et i莽erisinde b谋rak谋r.鈥�
鈥�... Yvette'nin y眉re臒i art谋k ko艧ullara kar艧谋 脟ingene'nin bak谋r谋na vuran 莽ekici kadar sert at谋yordu. [...] Neredeyse onunla gidip, parya bir 脟ingene kad谋n谋 olmay谋 y眉re臒inde bulabilecekti.鈥�
Halaya neden ye艧il dedi臒ime dair bir fikrim yok ama bir bildi臒im vard谋r, ona dememi艧 olma ihtimalim de var elbette
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