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Compact, they call it ; but when I used it, I was
feeling anything but so. Dont think me
squeamish ; it was my first. The last little
contact with the bony ankles, so warm and so
soon, if Natures great force were to do its
work, to be so cold, had touched me, I confess
it. Though I was alone again, it took me a few
minutes to visualise Henrys predicament with
the detached calm which it deserved. That old
aunt of his third wife had turned up again.
Strangely enough a jellyfish had plugged the
solution of her motor boats continuity. And
there she was back again, alert, suspicious, very
much alive. I couldnt help being sorry for
Henry. And I couldnt help being sorry for
Perceval. Murders were funny things. That days
killing of Perceval, and in so public a place,
seemed to me unwarrantable. But I had never
been strong on politics. For the other, my own,
though it was understandable, there was
perhaps no utter warrant.
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Original text:
Compact, they call it ; but when I used it, I was
feeling anything but so. Dont think me
squeamish ; it was my first. The last little
contact with the bony ankles, so warm and so
soon, if Natures great force were to do its
work, to be so cold, had touched me, I confess
it. Though I was alone again, it took me a few
minutes to visualise Henrys predicament with
the detached calm which it deserved. That old
aunt of his third wife had turned up again.
Strangely enough a jellyfish had plugged the
solution of her motor boats continuity. And
there she was back again, alert, suspicious, very
much alive. I couldnt help being sorry for
Henry. And I couldnt help being sorry for
Perceval. Murders were funny things. That days
killing of Perceval, and in so public a place,
seemed to me unwarrantable. But I had never
been strong on politics. For the other, my own,
though it was understandable, there was
perhaps no utter warrant.
Italian text: La definiscono compatta ; ma, quando la utilizzai, non mi sembrò affatto tale. Non pensate che io sia una persona schizzinosa ; era la mia prima volta. Quell'ultimo, fugace contatto con le caviglie ossute, che, se la grande forza della Natura avesse fatto il suo lavoro, da calde ben presto sarebbero diventate fredde, aveva avuto un certo effetto su di me, lo confesso. Anche se ero di nuovo senza compagnia, mi ci volle qualche minuto per visualizzare la difficile situazione di Henry con la calma distaccata che meritava. Quella bisbetica zia della sua terza moglie era riapparsa. Stranamente una medusa aveva ostruito la falla nella sua barca a motore. Ed eccola di nuovo, attenta, sospettosa, e più viva che mai. Non potei evitare di provare dispiacere per Henry. E non potei evitare di provare dispiacere per Perceval. Gli omicidi erano buffi. L'uccisione di Perceval quel giorno, e in un l uogo così pubblico, mi sembrava ingiustificabile . Ma la politica non era mai stata il mio forte. Per il resto, per il mio, anche se era comprensibile, forse non esisteva una giustificazione assoluta .