JOHN FOWLES

The Collector - fragments
 

“After that, we got on all right, except that I was pretending all the time. We didn't say much, but she wasn't sharp. One night she wanted a bath and she wanted to see the room and what I'd done. Well, I knew she would; I had got some wood and made it look as if I was seriously doing things to the window (it was a back bedroom). She said she wanted one of those old Windsor chairs in it (quite like old times, her asking for something) which I got the next day and actually took down and showed her. She wouldn't have it down there, it had to go back up. She said she didn't want anything she had (in the way of furniture) downstairs upstairs. It was dead easy. After she saw the room and the screw-holes she really seemed to think I was going to be soft enough to let her come up.”

Ioana Teodorescu

John Fowles
 

Dupa asta, ne-am inteles destul de bine, numai ca eu ma prefaceam tot timpul. Nu ne spuneam prea multe, dar ea nu era rautacioasa. Intr-o seara a vrut sa faca o baie si sa vada camera si ce facusem cu ea. Ei bine, stiam ca o sa vrea asta; luasem niste lemne si facusem in asa fel incat sa para ca faceam ceva cu fereastra (era un dormitor dosnic). A spus ca si-ar fi dorit acolo un scaun din acelea Windsor (aproape ca pe vremuri, cand imi cerea lucruri) pe care l-am luat a doua zi si chiar l-am dus jos si i-am aratat. Nu il voia acolo jos, trebuia sa il duc din nou sus. A spus ca nu voia sus nimic din ce era jos (mobila adica). A fost al naibii de usor. Dupa ce a vazut camera si gaurile de suruburi chiar isi inchipuia ca o sa fiu indeajuns de moale incat sa o las sa urce.