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The thudding axe of her heart sounded so loud in her own ears, she thought with dread that he must hear it too.
Jean Cocteau, Les Enfants Terribles, J translated by Rosamond Lehmann, Penguin, 1964, p. 127.
PLACE: Paris
TIME: early 20th c.
CIRCUMSTANCE:
They went an walking. After a long time they reached the mound.
'Listen,' said Paul, putting a finger on the automatic marker. 'Listen to the parting knell.' The marker began to whirr dementedly. The glade began to hum - louder, louder, a noise like buzzing telegraph wires...
She woke aghast, to find herself sitting bolt upright, drenched in perspiration. A bell was pealing. She remembered that the servants were all out...
Jean Cocteau, Les Enfants Terribles, translated by Rosamond Lehmann, Penguin, 1964, p. 138.
PLACE: Paris
TIME: early 20th c.
CIRCUMSTANCE: Elisabeth dreams a foreshadowing of Paul's suicide attempt
The bedsprings shook and twanged beneath him to the wild knocking of his heart.
Jean Cocteau, Les Enfants Terribles, translated by Rosamond Lehmann, Penguin, 1964, p. 143.
PLACE: Paris
TIME: early 20th c.
CIRCUMSTANCE: Paul in his poison-throes
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