North of south by Shiva Naipaul

Author:Shiva Naipaul
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Naipaul, Shiva, 1945- -- Travel -- Africa., Kenya -- Description and travel., Tanzania -- Description and travel., Zambia -- Description and travel.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1980-03-04T16:00:00+00:00

the opportunity. Because I didn't think she would be like all the rest who wanted to take me with them." Again Hassan hesitates. "She said she wanted to adopt me."

"To adopt you!"

"That was what she said."

"Did you see something of the world?"

"Yes. We spent many months traveling. She took me to Italy, to France and to Spain."

"Did you enjoy it?"

"To begin with. I liked seeing all those different places and learning how other people lived. But then it got harder and harder for me."

"What went wrong?"

"She turned out to be of a very jealous disposition."

"How did it show itself?"

"In many ways. She would get very angry if she saw me talking to another girl. She would even get angry if she saw me looking at another girl. She wanted to have me all to herself. Once—I believe it was in Paris—she threw a glass of wine over a waitress who smiled at me. In Spain it got very bad. She wouldn't let me out of her sight; she wouldn't let me leave the hotel room to go out for a walk. I was like a prisoner. Also..."

"Yes?"

"She became very demanding. Day and night she wanted me. An old woman like that—it was disgusting. She wasn't human at all by then."

"What did you do?"

"I was a prisoner. She had all the money—she would never let me have any in case I ran away from her. Finally, it got so bad I said I would call the police for her; I refused to make any more love with her..."

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