That same moment he ordered the hateful portrait taken out. But that did not calm his inner agitation: all his feelings and all his being were shaken to their depths, and he came to know that terrible torment which, by way of a striking exception, sometimes occurs in nature, when a weak talent strains to show itself on too grand a scale and fails; that torment which gives birth to great things in a youth, but, in passing beyond the border of dream, turns into a fruitless yearning; that dreadful torment which makes a man capable of terrible evildoing.
[Olive__] left foot was bleeding through a wide swath of bandages onto the tarp it was resting on. The bowl next to her was full of blood.Olive looked a little pale. __ don__ think I should move,_ she said.__hat are you doing?_ Roger shut the door behind him and stood with his back to it.__ decided I might try to eat my toes,_ Olive said, closing her eyes. __ut now that I__e started, I don__ think I should move.__oger pushed himself off the wall and knelt down next to her. He unbuckled her silver belt and reached with it under her dress. He looped the belt around the top of her leg and tightened it. His hands were not shaking. __it on the loose end,_ he said, pushing it under her. __ hope that works.___ou brought flowers,_ she said, blinking.__live,_ he said. __ou cut off your toes.__he looked down at the bowl. __re they still toes?_ she asked.
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[Olive__] left foot was bleeding through a wide swath of bandages onto the tarp it was resting on. The bowl next to her was full of blood.Olive looked a little pale. __ don__ think I should move,_ she said.__hat are you doing?_ Roger shut the door behind him and stood with his back to it.__ decided I might try to eat my toes,_ Olive said, closing her eyes. __ut now that I__e started, I don__ think I should move.__oger pushed himself off the wall and knelt down next to her. He unbuckled her silver belt and reached with it under her dress. He looped the belt around the top of her leg and tightened it. His hands were not shaking. __it on the loose end,_ he said, pushing it under her. __ hope that works.___ou brought flowers,_ she said, blinking.__live,_ he said. __ou cut off your toes.__he looked down at the bowl. __re they still toes?_ she asked.
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