Читать книгу Suzanne - Anais Barbeau-Lavalette - Страница 26

You love Achilles.

You hear him unhitch the horses from the car; you tear down the stairs and throw yourself at him.

He tells you to go to bed, but you don’t obey right away. You know that you still have two chances. You help him feed the horses.

He tells you again to go to bed.

You bring him a damp towel, which he wipes his face with.

You ask him whether you can go with him tomorrow.

He tells you to go to bed.

You know you have to obey this time.

You go upstairs.

Achilles goes into his bedroom and lies down next to Claudia. He lifts her nightgown and touches her thighs. He turns his wife over and seeks brutal refuge in her. Where he is a man. Where he is proud.

Claudia doesn’t want to but doesn’t say so.