Trafika Europe 6 - Arabesque

the scarecrow

She spoke calmly, almost coldly. She addressed him with the composure that has always been the hallmark of the brave. “He was a wayfarer!” “What are you saying?” “He came as a wayfarer. So I offered him the only hospitality a woman can offer a man.” “What are you saying?” “I told myself that the transient paradise belongs to the transient, as the Law has taught us, and that the paradise of the male transient is a woman.” “Are you lying?” “I offered him a treasure that has always been man’s safe deposit with woman!” “If only I had lost my sense of hearing and not my sight so

I wouldn’t be hearing what I am now!” “Don’t think I acted this way to satisfy some caprice or in response to the desire of a woman whose husband is away. I did it as retribution!” “Did you say ‘retribution’?” “Yes. Absolutely. A woman does not lie in the same bedchamberwithanotherman unless she is plotting some revenge. Don’t believe what is said about the phenomenon of flirtatious women.” “What revenge are you discussing?” She shot him a spiteful glance. Looks like this escape a woman unintentionally and glow like sparks from a flint, but are immediately extinguished when the woman regains her self-control. She deleted the spiteful look and replaced it

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