The Way I Found Her (2009)
“When I was a child, my imaginary German in the cellar suddenly left a turd down there. The turd was small but it was real and had a human smell.
And the next thing happened like this: a note came, addressed to me. It had been posted in Paris, in the 9th Arrondissement, and it was written in English on squared paper, like we used for maths at school, torn out of a spiral notebook. It said: Lewis, Meaulnes can tell you where to meet Valentine. You work it out by Thursday. You are safe if you do n...ot go to the police.
We were in the kitchen at the time, Alice and Violette and I, and Alice said to me: ‘Who’s your letter from?’ I said it was private. I wanted to add: ‘You’re not the only one with a secret life, Alice.’ But I didn’t. I went straight up to my room. I still couldn’t think of this guest room, where I’d once imagined Grisha making love to Valentina, as mine, but Alice referred to it this way. ‘My room’ would always be the attic with the round window. That room would contain part of me in it for ever.MoreLess
And the next thing happened like this: a note came, addressed to me. It had been posted in Paris, in the 9th Arrondissement, and it was written in English on squared paper, like we used for maths at school, torn out of a spiral notebook. It said: Lewis, Meaulnes can tell you where to meet Valentine. You work it out by Thursday. You are safe if you do n...ot go to the police.
We were in the kitchen at the time, Alice and Violette and I, and Alice said to me: ‘Who’s your letter from?’ I said it was private. I wanted to add: ‘You’re not the only one with a secret life, Alice.’ But I didn’t. I went straight up to my room. I still couldn’t think of this guest room, where I’d once imagined Grisha making love to Valentina, as mine, but Alice referred to it this way. ‘My room’ would always be the attic with the round window. That room would contain part of me in it for ever.MoreLess
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