The Italian Girl (2010)
The Italian Girl
“Lydia’s Sense of Humour ‘Ed, old man, are you all right?’ It was the next day. Black unconsciousness had come upon me with Otto’s blow. Black stars expanded into a total night. I came to myself lying on the bed in my own room. Otto must have dragged or carried me there. Otto and Maggie were having some sort of argument about concussion and cracked bones and X-rays which I eventually decided must relate to me. The pain in my face was extreme. It felt as if one side of it had been pushed right in...to the interior of my head. Attempts to open my eyes brought bright lights and shooting pains and no vision. I groaned, and then made out that Maggie and Otto were asking me questions, which I declined to answer. Somewhere a woman was weeping.
The outcome, as I later discovered from Maggie, had been, for all but me, a felicitous one. Otto had stood gazing down at me where I lay sprawled amid the wreckage of Isabel’s furniture. Then he had fallen on his knees and seemed to be purged of his anger.MoreLess
The outcome, as I later discovered from Maggie, had been, for all but me, a felicitous one. Otto had stood gazing down at me where I lay sprawled amid the wreckage of Isabel’s furniture. Then he had fallen on his knees and seemed to be purged of his anger.MoreLess
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