
"This is rather a cold-blooded proposition."


He said that enough was enough, and he would have me taken to the hospital. I didn't understand right away.

I waited and waited and the agony didn't get any less, and I sometimes wondered why I didn't die.

“You're in a safe place, anyway. We're here to take care of you, not to punish you."

Why lie, I thought. —It wouldn't be hard to explain!

I'm just telling you.

There must have been some mistake.

Humbly; begging; whining: all in vain.

There was no use plugging your ears, and there was no escape.

Surely he'd been more innocent than I....

No, I think, I didn't suffer so terribly.--

I would never be able to explain what happened.

It was important not to think about it.

You were at least free to fight back.
Sometimes I thought there was no way they wouldn't find me.
I laughed out loud, and then I was running and wanted to cry.
"I can't imagine ever being in such a position."
What unseen horror had afflicted me?