Half a Life_ A Novel - V. S. Naipaul [93]
“I know. You did everything for me. You made it easy for me here. I couldn't have lived here without you. When I asked you in London I was frightened. I had nowhere to go. They were going to throw me out of the college at the end of the term and I didn't know what I could do to keep afloat. But now the best part of my life has gone, and I've done nothing.”
“You are frightened of the new war.”
“And even if we go to Portugal, even if they let me in there, it would still be your life. I have been hiding for too long.”
Ana said, “Perhaps it wasn't really my life either.”
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Table of Contents
Cover
About The Author
Other Books By This Author
Title Page
Dedication
Chapter 1 - A Visit from Somerset Maugham
Chapter 2 - The First Chapter
Chapter 3 - A Second Translation
Copyright