From: Charles Puckett <rxj@gthird.com>
Date: Sep 16, 2006 12:23 AM
Subject: was

He thought that he wasdiminishing the magnitude of his crime by making a joke of it. Besides,one need never think about getting back. Oh, thanks very much; the porter wont be cross with me? To me he whispered: Thats the Princesse de Parme! I almost hesitated to greet him as he had not answered any of myletters. Oh, yes, I know, he said, theyhave only the one, a boy about my build. Andrée, at a murmured allusion to this scandal, said tome: Oh! Albertine would wait for me meanwhile upon the beachand we would return together after dark. But lovers are so suspicious that they instantly scent outfalsehood.

I had noticed, however, that, before shechanged her position, at the moment when Mlle. Françoise, once she had started, stayed away so long that I began todespair. But I have so often seen you being impolite. He had indeed causedCottard some slight annoyance. I promise to bring you back safe andsound. But recently I havethought it over, their names have recurred to me. I know quitewell the sort she is, shell land you in trouble. And indeed the contact had been unbroken between thebreasts of Andrée and of Albertine. This does not mean thatCottards conversation was interesting. But you cant possiblytell, I said to her, you had your back to them. But the other way, its a verydifferent matter. In anycase, our desire for different women varies in intensity. And theirs, as you see, are completelytouching. You suspect not only what I say but what Ido. To me he whispered: Thats the Princesse de Parme! But theres nobody on this floor except us two. This does not mean thatCottards conversation was interesting.

Shes coming, she stayed behind to tidy herself at the glass. No, my aunt has always told me that the chief thing is politeness. But theres nobody on this floor except us two. Oh, yes, I know, he said, theyhave only the one, a boy about my build. Leave was stopped this afternoon, because there was adinner for twenty at luncheon. To me he whispered: Thats the Princesse de Parme! In anycase, our desire for different women varies in intensity. But the other way, its a verydifferent matter. You suspect not only what I say but what Ido. I myself had changed, quite as much as she hadchanged in my eyes. But recently I havethought it over, their names have recurred to me.