Fabre stood up. He placed his fingertips on dAntons temples. Put your fingers here, he said. Feel the resonance. Put them here, and here. He jabbed at dAntons face: below the cheekbones, at the side of his jaw. Ill teach you like an actor, he said. This city is our stage.Camille said: Book of Ezekiel. This city is the cauldron, and we the flesh ...Fabre turned. This stutter, he said. You dont have to do it. Camille put his hands over his eyes. Leave me alone, he said. Even you. Fabres face was incandescent. Even you, I am going to teach. He leapt forward, wrenched Camille upright in his chair. He took him by the shoulders and shook him. Youre going to talk properly, Fabre said. Even if it kills one of us. Camille put his hands protectively over his head. Fabre continued to perpetrate violence; dAnton was too tired to intervene.
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Hilary Mantel was a 20th-century British writer. Dame Hilary Mary Mantel was a British writer whose work includes historical fiction, personal memoirs and short stories. Her first published novel, Every Day Is Mother's Day, was released in 1985. Read more on Wikipedia →