Digital Manuscript ProjectL'Innommable / The Unnamable

[1051] And who those others whose
designs are so different?[1052] And into whose hands
I play when I ask such questions things.[1053] But do I?
[1054] In my jar did I ask myself questions?
[1055] And in the arena?[1056] I dwindled.[1057] I dwindle.
[1058] Not so long ago, with a kind of shrink of my
shoulders and head, as when one is scolded,
I could disappear.
[1061] And I have
only to let my head fall forward against the
wall to be sure that the light from above,
which at night is that of the moon, will
not be reflected in there either, in those pretty
little blue mirrors, I used to look at myself
in them, to please them.[1062] Wrong, wrong,
this effort and this trouble will not be spared me.
[1070] And my head moves out and in in and out, And I move my
in and out, as formerly.
head in and out, in and out, as formerly.
[1071] And notably at dawn I often bring it in,
after having left it out all night, and this
with a very definite purpose, namely in order
to irritate the woman and taunt taunt
the woman, and lead her astray.
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