Cul-de-sac

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Elsa Joubert. Cul-de-sac

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Elsa Joubert

Translated by Michiel Heyns

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In the house where Klaas and I lived the wind also blew, but not so hard or so wilfully. The clouds would settle on the neck between Table Mountain and Devil’s Peak and from there plunge like lemmings to their death. Then the dog in his wooden kennel on the front stoep would start howling and carry on to such an extent that Klaas would have to venture out barefoot to let him in to sleep in the lobby. Then sometimes he’d pull the blanket up higher over me, and sometimes I’d fall asleep while reading and then he’d carefully remove the book from my hands and the glasses from my face. In the mornings he’d tease me: Do you keep your glasses on to see better in your dreams?

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