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Chapter 51

           IrememberedthosehystericalscenesinthePiraeushotel;thatmuchearlier"suicidenote"shehadcomposed,toblackmailme,asIthenthought,justbeforeIleftLondon.IthoughtofheronParnassus;IthoughtofherinRussellSquare;thingsshesaid,shedid,shewas.Andagreatcloudofblackguilt,knowledgeofmyatrociousselfisimess,settledonme.Allthosebitterhometruthsshehadflungatme,rightfromthebeginning…andstilllovedme;wassoblindthatshestilllovedme.Onedayshehadsaid:Whenyouloveme(andshehadnotmeant"makelovetome")it’sasifGodforgavemeforbeingthemessIam;andItookitasachicanery,anotheremotionalblackmail,tomakemefeelessentialandsogivemeasenseofresponsibilitytowardsher.Inawayherdeathwasthefinalactofblackmail;buttheblackmailedshouldfeelinnocent,andIfeltguilty.Itwasasifatthismoment,whenImostwantedtobeclean,Ihadfallenintothedeepestfilth;mostfreeforthefuture,yetmostchainedtothepast.AndJulie;shenowbecameatotalnecessity.Notonlymarriagewithher,butconfessiontoher.Ifshehadbeenbesidemethen,Icouldhavepouredouteverything,madeacleanstart.Ineededdesperatelytothrowmyselfonhermercy,tobeforgivenbyher.Herforgivenesswastheonlypossiblejustificationnow.Iwastired,tired,tiredofdeception;tiredofbeingdeceived;tiredofdeceivingothers;andmosttiredofallofbeingself-tricked,ofbeingendlesslyatthemercyofmyownloins;thecravingforthebest,thatmadetheveryworstofme

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