Julia Roberts and John Malkovich star in the 1996 movie version directed by Stephen Frears. “Yes,” Master repeated after me, seeming pleased almost. So while Master sat looking at me I went over a great deal and at last, almost as a surprise to me, I heard myself say, “Yes.” And it was true that when I feel afraid it is what I imagine that frightens me most, which is, in a way, a fear of what is in my own head. At first I thought I would say no, for it seemed a strange thing to be afraid of myself, but then I thought he must mean afraid of what I might do, or might say, rather than what I am and what I see in the mirror. I thought a long time might pass before I answered but Master and I would not know it, for we was both of us waiting to hear what I would say. The room was silent about us, but for the clock ticking, which seemed to me loud of a sudden. ”Are you afraid of yourself, Mary?” Master said.
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