acróstico

EN Was it not secretly this that she wanted, and therefore when Mr Carmichael shrank away from her, as he did at this moment, making off to some corner where he did acrostics endlessly, she did not feel merely snubbed back in her instinct, but made aware of the pettiness of some part of her, and of human relations how flawed they are, how despicable, how self-seeking, at their best.
GL ¿Seica non era iso o que quería no fondo? Por iso, cando o señor Carmichael se afastaba dela, como fixera hai un momento, dirixíndose a algún curruncho para facer acrósticos sen parar, ela sentiu que non só aldraxaba os seus desexos instintivos, senón que tamén confirmaba a insignificancia dunha parte do seu ser, e o defectuosas, desprezables e egocéntricas que son as relacións humanas no mellor dos casos.
Fonte: CAR (516)

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