:39:31
Ten minutes of ghastly scales.
Arpeggios!
:39:36
Whizzing up and down
like fireworks at a fairground.
:39:50
Understand, I was
in love with the girl.
:39:54
Or at least in lust.
:39:58
And I swear to you,
I never laid a finger on her.
:40:06
All the same, I couldn't bear
to think of anyone else touching her.
:40:11
Least of all, "the creature".