Chapter 71 Chapter Seventy
my beloved daughter:
I'm in Naples now.Before I left you, I never knew what loneliness was, and now I don't know anyone else in a library, in a hotel room, as lonely as I am.I eat alone and someone smiles at me and I smile back and turn my head away.You are not the only one who is not suitable to associate with me.
love you mom,
Helen
December 1963
my beloved daughter:
Athens is dirty and noisy.I'm having a hard time getting the literature I need at the Medieval Greek Academy.I sat on the acropolis, imagining that one day our parting would come to an end.
love you mom,
Helen
February 1964
my beloved daughter:
I was at the Acropolis yesterday with a daydream that still haunted me, so I went there again this morning.But as soon as I sat down and looked at the city, the wound on my neck began to throb and throb.I felt something approaching and chasing me, so I looked around desperately.
I can't figure it out, why hasn't this demon traveled through hundreds of years to find me?I'm already in his pocket, I've been defiled by him, and I yearn for his presence a little bit.Why hasn't he acted to free me from the sea of suffering?I must continue to fend off him, to protect myself with all my strength, and you, my lost angel, are my driving force, and I am determined to put everything in my hands.
love you mom,
Helen
March 1964