She asked him to come and see her that night. He agreed, in order to get away, knowing that he was incapable of going. But that night, in his burning bed, he understood that he had to go see her, even if he were not capable. He got dressed by feel, listening in the dark to his brother's calm breathing, the dry cough of his father in the next room, the asthma of the hens in the courtyard, the buzz of the mosquitoes, the beating of his heart, and the inordinate bustle of a world that he had not noticed until then, and he went out in the sleeping street. .Anonymous
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One night, I was lying awake in bed. My heart was beating hard and fast. I wanted to go see someone I loved very much, but I had no way of getting there. Then an idea popped up in my mind: “Why don't I just make myself go?” I asked myself this question and suddenly, without further ado, I found myself standing in front of the man's house.
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