Corridor of Mirrors Page #3

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"Of the strange affect that

laughter had on Paul Mangin"

How do you like this room?

Highly effective.

Thank you.

I never quite thought of it like that.

Oh, how intriguing.

What's that? In the scent

bottle. It must be very old.

It is.

The scent is still there.

The scent of an age to

which you really belong.

It smells of musk, and thyme and

amber. Juliet might have used it.

Not Juliet .. the Borgias, with their

lusts, and passions and murders.

I'm glad you like the

little scent bottle.

It happens to be one of the

most lovely things in the house.

You've got very good taste.

I should have said that of you.

It means something

more than mere taste.

It's an attitude towards life.

A Hansom cab, 1066 and all that?

A Hansom? I have the

courage of my convictions.

Did you enjoy your ride?

It was a novelty.

I was very disappointed that none of

my friends passed in a car and saw us.

No doubt, you wonder why I surround

myself with an atmosphere of the past.

It's not exactly what

you think, Mifanwy.

Most people think they were born

before their time .. I'm after mine.

Everybody wants to

belong to the future.

Nobody wants to belong to the past.

Except me.

But perhaps you'll be there

with me sometimes.

I hope you like this.

You know, you mustn't think that.

I belong neither to the

past, nor the future.

I'm up to the minute, neither

a second behind or beyond it.

The present.

Whether you like it or not,

we are all products of the past.

Even the present you think you

belong to, will soon become the past.

We don't know if the future will be

good or bad, but we gamble on it.

But I've given up gambling.

I prefer a certainty .. the past.

Tell me something.

Remember you said after our little

waltz, that you dare not come too soon.

That you mustn't stay too long.

What did all that mean?

I've always found that whenever I'm

very attracted to anything or anybody.

I always move very slowly

in the opposite direction.

You know ..

Mentally, I pushed back that curtain

at the nightclub many times ..

Before I actually went there again,

though it was difficult to keep away.

The chance was worth taking.

What chance?

The chance that you

might be interested.

Some more wine?

Only .. interested?

Interested at first.

I'm going to set out to charm you.

Lots of men have tried that.

It's my form of seduction, if you like.

Strange.

No man of any shape

or kind I've yet met ..

Has ever suggested charm as

his entire plan of campaign.

Very well .. charm me.

You don't understand

me .. I mean my ideas.

My way of looking at things.

My .. attitude towards life.

That's a new approach.

Don't you like this wine?

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