:11:01
but which grows,
becomes violent and irresistible."
:11:05
"I bought the bureau
and put it in my room."
:11:08
"One evening, I realised
from the thickness of a panel,
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that there must be a secret drawer.
I spent all night searching."
:11:16
"I found it the next day by forcing
a blade into a cleft in the wood..."
:11:23
"All's well. He's listening.
And he seems to be enjoying the text. "
:11:29
"I saw, laid out on black velvet,
a wonderful tress of a woman's hair."
:11:34
"Yes, a long braid of golden hair,
almost red, bound by a gold string."
:11:40
"I was stunned, quivering, disturbed."
:11:43
"I held it gently, almost religiously."
:11:46
"At once, the tress unwound,
its golden waves tumbling to the floor,
:11:51
thick and light, soft and shining
like the fiery tale of a comet."
:11:55
"A strange feeling came over me..."
:12:00
"A curious boy."
:12:02
"Good. I like this. I continue."
:12:06
"The vivid thought of the hair
never left me."
:12:09
"My hands and my heart had
the confused, singular, sensual need
:12:14
to plunge my fingers
into this charming stream."
:12:17
"When I finished caressing it
and had closed the bureau,
:12:20
"I had the urgent desire
to take it again, to touch it,
:12:23
to excite myself until I felt faint."
:12:35
What's going on?
:12:40
What do you do now?
:12:42
This is the first time it's happened.
:12:46
Dr Petrel is on holiday...
:12:49
- An ambulance...
- Not the hospital. No more hospital.
:12:57
- What did you do to him?
- I was reading.