JOHN FOWLES

The Collector - fragments
 

„The year she was still at school I didn't know who she was, only how her father was Doctor Grey and some talk I overheard once at a Bug Section meeting about how her mother drank. I heard her mother speak once in a shop, she had a la-di-da voice and you could see she was the type to drink, too much make-up, etcetera.
Well, then there was the bit in the local paper about the scholarship she'd won and how clever she was, and her name as beautiful as herself, Miranda. So I knew she was up in London studying art. It really made a difference, that newspaper article. It seemed like we became more intimate, although of course we still did not know each other in the ordinary way.”

Madalina Vlad

John Fowles
 

In anul cand inca mai era la scoala nici nu stiam cine e, doar ca tatal ei era doctorul Grey si o barfa pe care am auzit-o candva la o intalnire de entomologie cum ca mama ei ar bea. Am auzit-o pe mama ei vorbind odata intr-un magazin; avea o voce melodioasa si se vedea ca e genul care bea, cu prea mult machiaj, etc.
Ei bine, apoi a aparut fragmentul din ziarul local despre bursa scolara pe care o castigase si despre cat de desteapta era, iar numele ei era la fel de frumos ca ea, Miranda. Asa ca stiam ca e in Londra studiind arta. A avut o mare importanta acel articol de ziar. Parea ca devenisem mai apropiati, desi bineinteles ca tot nu ne cunosteam in mod traditional.