Laughter in the Dark (Vintage International)

him, who until then had loved only “iniquity.”

But in Monique’s case there could be no doubt she was, if anything, adding one or two years to her age. This I deduced

frozen to the spot by both love and revulsion, he cried,

In the war zone sweet, slovenly, unwashed little Lina with her tear-stained face, advanced alone, Prince of Homburg style:10 My noble uncle Frederick of Mark Brandenburg! Natalie! Hold, hold! O God of Heaven and Earth, now he is quite undone, no matter, no matter! She shot off, making a bee-line for the stand of the white-haired man. Franz, long-su

Such things you love not with your mind, not with logic, but with your insides, your guts, you love your first young strength … Do you understand any of this blather, Alyoshka, or not?” Ivan suddenly laughed.