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e to the top floor to se
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e to the top floor to se
e Sveva, to put on● the gramophone and dance.The little m●odel pretends that she is he●artbroken because Pombal has cast her off ▓after a ‘whirlwind romance’ lasting nea●rly a month.My friend himself i●s a little surprised at the force of an ▓attachment which could make him thin▓k of one woman for so long a time.He h
as cut▓ himself while shaving a
nd his face ●looks grotesque with a moustache ▓of surgical tape stuck to it.●‘It is a city o
f aberrations’ he r●epeats ang
rily.‘I very nearly marrie▓d her.It is infuriating.Thank God th▓at the veil lifted when it di
d.It was● seeing her naked in f
ront of ▓the mirror.All of a sudden I was disgus●ted — though I mentally admitted a sort of R
ena▓issance dignity in the fallen breasts, t▓he waxy skin, the sunken bel●ly and the little peasant paws.All of a sud▓den I sat up in bed and said to ▓myself “My God! She is an elephant in need of● a coat of whitewash!” ’ N
ow Sveva i●s quietly sniffing into her handkerchief ●as she
recounts the extravagant promises whi▓c