JOHN FOWLES

The Collector - fragments
 

“As I say, it would be possible (if I hadn't learnt my lesson). She isn't as pretty as Miranda, of course, in fact she's only an ordinary common shop-girl, but that was my mistake before, aiming too high, I ought to have seen that I could never get what I wanted from someone like Miranda, with all her la-di-da ideas and clever tricks. I ought to have got someone who would respect me more. Someone ordinary I could teach.”


 

Maria Pauna

John Fowles
 

Dupa cum am spus, ar fi posibil (daca nu mi-as fi invatat lectia). Bineinteles, nu este la fel de draguta precum Miranda, de fapt este doar o vanzatoare obisnuita, dar asta a fost greseala mea de dinainte, am tintit prea sus, trebuia sa-mi fi dat seama ca n-as fi obtinut niciodata ceea ce-mi doream de la o persoana precum Miranda, cu toate ideile ei ‘la-di-da’ si cu toate smecheriile ei. Trebuia sa fi ‘invitat’ pe cineva care m-ar fi respectat mai mult. O fata de rand puteam sa educ.