Confession of a Child of the Century Page #3

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give to their...

their extravagances and sorrows.

What could someone your age know

of that?

Madame, a man of my age can live more

fully than a woman of thirty!

The freedom that men enjoy...

it leads them more quickly to the depth

of all things!

You see?

I was tired earlier, but I'm not

any more!

Treat your experience the way I

treat my tiredness!

We've had quite a race,

and we shall dine with all the more

appetite for it!

The very next day, I was at her house.

She was a widow, and lived alone

with her aunt.

Happiness!

Joy.

Peace. Oblivion.

Do you want to come and see my

garden?

Oh, I'd love to.

You don't want to?

Well, God be praised!

You're still young!

You can live.

You can love!

Blessed are they who sleep little.

God be praised. You're still young.

You can live. You can love

God be praised, you're still young.

You can live, you can love.

God be praised, you're still young!

You can live. You can love.

Let me see your hand?

I've got horrible hands!

- Let me see!

It's very interesting!

You guessing, my teacher?

No, no guesswork. It's all there!

52-card pickup.

What?

- You know that one?

- No!

More than three months had passed,

during which I'd seen her nearly

every day.

And more than once, I'd been tempted

to confess that I loved her

What's wrong?

Nothing... I...

What is it? What's wrong?

I'll go home. Excuse me.

Octave?

Don't! Don't!

Now listen to me, I know!

But if it's that way, Octave...

then you have to leave.

You come here every day, and you're

welcome.

You've won my friendship

I wish you had the strength to keep

yours for me just a little longer.

Come in.

A letter.

I have been seeing you for three

months now,

and one month ago, I noticed that

you had feelings for me,

that at your age, I called love.

I believed that I detected within you

the determination to hide it from me,

and to overcome it.

I already felt esteem for you, that gave

me even more.

I cannot reproach you with anything

that has happened,

nor for the fact that your will failed

here.

What you believe is love, is merely

desire.

I'm older than you by a few years, and

I ask you not to see me again.

You would attempt in vain to forget

a moment of weakness.

What happened between us can neither

occur a second time,

nor be forgotten completely.

I'd like to talk to you.

Madame,you wrote to me that what happened

between us could not be forgotten,

and that's true.

But you say that because of this we

cannot see each other again,

and you're mistaken.

I love you.

I've done nothing to offend you.

But nothing has changed for you, since

you do not love me.

What had prevented me declare my

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