Delalieu személy
Idézetek
– Ez… semmiség… csak… – fejét ingatja. – Delalieu találta nekem. Ez nevetséges… Nevetségesnek érzem magam.
168. oldal, Harminckettő (GABO, 2015)
“You think these recent events are everything. You think Aaron fell in love with your friend of several months, a rebel girl named Juliette. You don't know. You don't know. You don't know that Aaron has been in love with Ella for the better part of his entire life. They've known each other since childhood.”
109-110. oldal
Delalieu carts the tea and coffee tray in himself and stations it by my chair. His hands shake as he pours the dark liquid into a teacup, places it on a saucer, sets it on the table, and pushes it in my direction.
I wait until he’s finally sitting down again before I take a sip. It’s a strange, obscenely bitter sort of drink; not at all what I expected. I glance up at him, surprised to discover that a man like Delalieu would begin his day by bracing himself with such a potent, foul-tasting liquid. I find I respect him for it.
“The coffee really is quite good,” he says. “I have it every day. Though I always have m-mine with—”
“Cream and sugar,” Warner says with a wry smile, his eyes laughing as if at some private joke. “Yes. Though I’m afraid the sugar is a bit too much for me. I find I prefer the bitterness.”
48. oldal