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He said: "'Yes, you are right, mademoiselle. One has to be perceptive in these matters.' HE SAID YES YOU ARE RIGHT MADEMOISELLE ONE HAS TO BE PERCEPTIVE IN THESE MATTERS
use. But it's no use. Will he laugh? Won't he? That's what I'm forced to say to myself in the middle of my contortions, and you can judge how much this uncertainty damages one's talent. My hypochondriac, with a nightcap pulled down over his head covering his eyes, has the expression of an immobile idol with a string attached around his chin, which goes from there right down under his armchair. One waits for the string to be pulled, but it's not pulled. If it so happens that the jaws open, it's to utter a distressing word, a word which informs you that you've not even been noticed and that all your monkey tricks have been wasted. This word is a response to a question you asked him four days ago. Once the word has been uttered, the mastoid spring is released, and the jaws snap shut. Then he began to imitate the man he was talking about. He was seated in a chair with his head fixed, his cap right down to his eyelids, his eyes half shut, his arms hanging down, moving his jaws like a robot. HEST ARTS OF THE IDIOT HOUSE BUT IT'S NO USE WILL HE LAUGH WON'T HE THAT'S WHAT I'M FORCED TO SAY TO MYSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF MY CONTORTIONS AND YOU CAN JUDGE HOW MUCH THIS UNCERTAINTY DAMAGES ONE'S TALENT MY HYPOCHONDRIAC WITH A NIGHTCAP PULLED DOWN OVER HIS HEAD COVERING HIS EYES HAS THE EXPRESSION OF AN IMMOBILE IDOL WITH A STRING ATTACHED AROUND HIS CHIN WHICH GOES FROM THERE RIGHT DOWN UNDER HIS ARMCHAIR ONE WAITS FOR THE STRING TO BE PULLED BUT IT'S NOT PULLED IF IT SO HAPPENS THAT THE JAW OPENS IT'S TO UTTER A DISTRESSING WORD A WORD WHICH INFORMS YOU THAT YOU'VE NOT EVEN BEEN NOTICED AND THAT ALL YOUR MONKEY TRICKS HAVE BEEN WASTED THIS WORD IS A RESPONSE TO A QUESTION YOU ASKED HIM FOUR DAYS AGO ONCE THE WORD HAS BEEN UTTERED THE MASTOID SPRING IS RELEASED AND THE JAWS SNAP SHUT THEN HE BEGAN TO IMITATE THE MAN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HE WAS SEATED IN A CHAIR WITH HIS HEAD FIXED HIS CAP RIGHT DOWN TO HIS EYELIDS HIS EYES HALF SHUT HIS ARMS HANGING DOWN MOVING HIS JAWS LIKE A ROBOT
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