Well I could suppose Im a bit of a Svengali he said

I don’t know what that is.

Shit he thought how am I explaining that to a neophyte an of-age nymphomaniac who hasnt scratched the surface of knowing or learning except for her most base basic desires and as shes revealed she said My desires have brought me this far. which is the foreign sedan in her name the upscale condo in her name jewelry boxes burgeoning with expensive jewelry an immense walk-in closet filled with racks of clothing shoes pegs of workedleather handbags

  again  could suppose 

                         why not test it out kick the tires   Hey   Yes?   Know this   What?   Its not wha . .

. . What you know, it’s who you know.

Well shit he thought got that nailed to the cross 

Esmeralda. 

             he could scarcely believe his ears when she said so  Agnes 

Esmeralda.

Victor Hugo

I don’t follow.

Esmeralda  nee born Agnes  a character from Victor Hugos The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Yes. I know. I saw the Disney movie.

The book

The book?

The French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo  written in 1831

A book. Sounds boring.

Okay  Whadaya think of the movie

I really liked the movie.

So why would the book be boring

It’s a book.

Ah A book I liked Hugos Toilers of the Sea Liked that he introduced octopus to the French as pieuvre which was Guernsey Norman French rather than as it was known  poulpe

Guernsey? Norman?

Guernsey An island off the coast of France Norman an ethnic group that became  nee  was from the Norse Vikings and indigenous Franks Germanic people and Gallo-Romans Gauls Celtic tribes  Normandy perhaps you might know for the beaches of Normandy where American and Allied forces hurled themselves at the Nazis beginning the end of the Second World War

No.

 

hed drop the Svengali act  though it was an interesting line

he didnt want to mesmerise her

he didnt want to have a damn thing to do with her

now she didnt have a damn thing he was interested in 

                                                           I think Ill call it a night 

Wait. I thought we were getting along so well.

So well for a bit

                 But I must say so long  Its been interesting

Has it? she brought a champagne cocktail someone had sent over to her up to her lips

I couldnt begin to explain how interesting

she smiled 

            a wide beatific innocent smile  it was truly something to behold

he wondered what shed do when it didnt work any longer

had to drop the Svengali

which was alright

it was more a gabtag

incited conversation

promoted laughter

Oh well  Oh well  Ohwell 

                            Vonnegut Dresden Slaughterhouse Five or The Childrens Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death

A book       

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