Ver h i n d e r t e Intimitäten
'There,' he said again, clasping her, stroking and soothing. It was a very narrow bed. This, he kept reminding himself, was his bride, an intelligent and desirable young woman and it was time, under the thunder and rain, to be thinking of performing, that is to say consummating, that is to say. He stealthily felt his way down to find out what was his body's view of this constatation, but all was quiet there, as though he were calmly reading Jane Austen.
Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr. Enderby
[A. Burgess. The Complete Enderby.Vintage Books: London 2002, p. 144]
Anthony Burgess, Inside Mr. Enderby
[A. Burgess. The Complete Enderby.Vintage Books: London 2002, p. 144]
syro0 - Mon, 07.05.2007, 15:50