Therese had a bad fright about five months after marriage to Laurent. She found out she was pregnant and detested the thought of having a child of Laurents. She had the fear that she would give birth to a drowned body. She thought that she could feel inside herself a soft, decomposing corpse. No matter what, she had to rid herself of the child. She did not tell Laurent. One day she cruelly provoked him and turned her stomach towards him, hoping to receive a kick. He kicked her and she let him go on kicking her in the stomach until she thought she would die. The next day her wish was fulfilled and she had a miscarriage. -Emile Zola, Therese Raquin
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:22:25 +0000
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