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"Play, boy; eat, boy," he would say to me, and I replied to him, dejectedly: "I don't feel inclined." PLAY BOY EAT BOY HE WOULD SAY TO ME AND I REPLIED TO HIM DEJECTEDLY I DON'T FEEL INCLINED
oportions, alive, graceful, affable, beautiful, would come towards 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 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.  BUT IN HER NATURAL SIZE AND PROPORTIONS ALIVE GRACEFUL AFFABLE BEAUTIFUL WOULD COME TOWARDS 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
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