38/84 On the one hand he's had religious mania, and on the other, he is fascinated by obscenity. He wants a pure lily, another girl, with a baby face, on the one hand, and on the other, he MUST have the Pussum, just to defile himself with her.' 'That's what I can't make out,' said Gerald. 'Does he love her, the Pussum, or doesn't he ?' 'He neither does nor doesn't. She is the harlot, the actual harlot of adultery to him. |