Leonid Tsypkin Quotes
...but That Very Thought, That She Might Become His Wife, Had For Some Reason Entered His Head The Very First Time She Sat In His Study At A Little Round Table, Diligently Taking Down In Shorthand The Words He Dictated In His Muffled Voice - And He Had Been Purposely Dry And Sharp With Her That Day, So She Would Not Feel The Power She Had Already Gained Over Him, But When, As He Dictated To Her, He Imagined Himself Kneeling Before Her Beneath The Flickering Light Of A Nearly Spent Candle And Kissing Her Feet, With Her Unable To Leave Because She Was His Wife, And About To Blow Out The Candle So They Could Plunge Into The Passionate, Exquisite Swim, Then His Voice Became Hoarse And He Shut His Eyes To Blot Out The Sight Of This Little Girl, As He Purposely Tried To Picture Her To Help Restrain His Imagination, Girl Students Being As Untouchable As Postulants...
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