Women in the Wall
“Her sane self kept the other going. Sometimes it seemed a near thing. She felt her skin must erupt dreadfully like the fruit trees which had broken out in a disease of bright pallor, easing themselves in lavish foamings.
“We must be discreet, Agnes. Agnes, are you paying attention?”
She smiled.
He accused: “You look mad!”
“I am.”
“Has anyone noticed? Said anything?”
“No. I’m only mad when I’m with you—and when I’m alone.”
Madder when alone: Fortunatus constrained her.
“Prudence …” he recommende...d.
She managed it, subduing impulses to destroy herself in a number of ways. One would be scandal. Religion no longer hampered her. Everything it promised she had reached in the teeth of it. Since she was happy, God, rising above his own rules, must be approving her. She was not afraid of him. Only of Radegunda who would not understand and for the nuns who wouldn’t either. One had to think of them.
“I am prudent,” she assured him.
* “You”, said Radegunda to Agnes, “are my justification.MoreLess
“We must be discreet, Agnes. Agnes, are you paying attention?”
She smiled.
He accused: “You look mad!”
“I am.”
“Has anyone noticed? Said anything?”
“No. I’m only mad when I’m with you—and when I’m alone.”
Madder when alone: Fortunatus constrained her.
“Prudence …” he recommende...d.
She managed it, subduing impulses to destroy herself in a number of ways. One would be scandal. Religion no longer hampered her. Everything it promised she had reached in the teeth of it. Since she was happy, God, rising above his own rules, must be approving her. She was not afraid of him. Only of Radegunda who would not understand and for the nuns who wouldn’t either. One had to think of them.
“I am prudent,” she assured him.
* “You”, said Radegunda to Agnes, “are my justification.MoreLess
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