JOHN FOWLES

The Collector - fragments
 

What this is all leading to is I got a bit drunk once or twice when I was in the Pay Corps, especially in Germany, but I never had anything to do with women. I never thought about women much before Miranda. I know I don't have what it is girls look for; I know chaps like Crutchley who just seem plain coarse to me get on well with them. Some of the girls in the Annexe, it was really disgusting, the looks they'd give him. It's some crude animal thing I was born without. (And I'm glad I was, if more people were like me, in my opinion, the world would be better.)
 

Elena Dumitrascu

John Fowles
 

Ceea ce voiam sa spun e ca m-am ametit de cateva ori, pe cand eram in Pay Corps, mai ales in Germania, dar nu m-am legat niciodata de femei. Nu prea m-am gandit la femei, pana sa o cunosc pe Miranda. Stiu ca imi lipseste ceea ce cauta femeile la un barbat. Stiu ca tipii precum Crutchley, care mie mi se par niste neciopliti, se inteleg bine cu ele. Unele fete de la Annexe ii aruncau priviri dezgustatoare. E vorba de un fel de bestialitate pe care nu o am in sange (si ma bucur pentru asta; daca erau mai multi ca mine, lumea era un loc mai bun).