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They began to talk of distractions, offered to take me to the theater; stopped my studies, and gave me foaming new milk to drink. Afterwards they poured cold water over my head and back to fortify my nerves; and I noticed that my father at table or in the morning when I went to his bedroom to bid him good morning, would gaze at me fixedly for some little time, and would sometimes pass his hand down my spine, feeling the vertebrae. THEY BEGAN TO TALK OF DISTRACTIONS OFFERED TO TAKE ME TO THE THEATRE STOPPED MY STUDIES AND GAVE ME FOAMING NEW MILK TO DRINK AFTERWARDS THEY POURED COLD WATER OVER MY HEAD AND BACK TO FORTIFY MY NURSE AND I NOTICED THAT MY FATHER AT TABLE OR IN THE MORNING WHEN I WENT TO HIS BEDROOM TO BID HIM GOOD MORNING WOULD GAZE AT ME FIXEDLY FOR SOME LITTLE TIME AND WOULD SOMETIMES PASS HIS HAND DOWN MY SPINE FEELING THE VERTEBRA
a rapid and flying train. With sweet authority she would make me sit on a stool at her feet, and would pass her beautifully molded hand over my head, caressing my brow, my eyes, and loose curls. I read to her out of a big missal, or played the lute, and she deigned to smile, thanking me for the pleasure which my reading and songs gave her. At last romantic reminiscences overflowed in my brain, and sometimes I was a page, and sometimes a troubadour. With all these fanciful ideas, the fact is that I began to grow thin quite perceptibly, which was observed with great disquietude in my parents and my aunt. "In this dangerous and critical age of development, everything is alarming," said my father, who used to read books of medicine, and anxiously studied my dark eyelids, my dull eyes, my contracted and pale lips, and above all, the complete lack of appetite which had taken possession of me. "Play, boy; eat, boy," he would say to me, and I replied to him, dejectedly: "I don't feel inclined. DS ME TO CONDUCT ME TO HER PALACE BY A RAPID AND FLYING TRAIN WITH SWEET AUTHORITY SHE WOULD MAKE ME SIT ON A STOOL AT HER FEET AND WOULD PASS HER BEAUTIFULLY MOLDED HAND OVER MY HEAD CARESSING MY BROW MY EYES AND LOOSE CURLS I READ TO HER OUT OF A BIG MISSILE OR PLAYED THE LUTE AND SHE DEEMED TO SMILE THANKING ME FOR THE PLEASURE WHICH MY READING AND SONGS GAVE HER AT LAST ROMANTIC REMINISCENCES OVERFLOWED IN MY BRAIN AND SOMETIMES I WAS A PAGE AND SOMETIMES A TRIBUTOURER WITH ALL THESE FANCIFUL IDEAS THE FACT IS THAT I BEGAN TO GROW THIN QUITE PERCEPTIBLY WHICH WAS OBSERVED WITH GREAT DISQUIETUDE IN MY PARENTS AND MY AUNT IN THIS DANGEROUS AND CRITICAL AGE OF DEVELOPMENT EVERYTHING IS ALARMING SAID MY FATHER WHO USED TO READ BOOKS OF MEDICINE AND ANXIOUSLY STUDIED MY DARK EYELIDS MY DULL EYES MY CONTRACTED AND PALE LIPS AND ABOVE ALL THE COMPLETE LACK OF APPETITE WHICH HAD TAKEN POSSESSION OF ME PLAY BOY EAT BOY HE WOULD SAY TO ME AND I REPLIED TO HIM DEJECTEDLY I DON'T FEEL INCLINED
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