The Notebook + The Proof + The Third Lie by Agota Kristof Read Free Book Online Page B

She kneels down in front of the bench and sucks our penises, which swell and harden in her mouth.
    She is now sitting between us; she presses us to her:
    "If I had two beautiful little babies like you, I'd give them lovely sweet milk to drink, here, like this."
    She draws our heads to her breasts, which are sticking out of her robe, and we suck the pink ends, which have become very hard. She puts her hands under her robe and rubs herself between the legs:
    "What a pity you aren't older! Oh! How nice it is, how nice it is to play with you!"
    She sighs, pants, then stiffens suddenly.
    As we are leaving, she says to us:
    "You'll come back every Saturday to bathe. You'll bring your dirty clothes with you. I want you to be always clean."
    We say:
    "We'll bring you wood in exchange for your work. And fish and mushrooms when there are any."
     
     

The Priest
    The following Saturday, we go back to have our bath. Afterward, the housekeeper says to us:
    "Come to the kitchen. I'll make some tea and we'll have some bread and butter."
    We are eating the bread and butter when the priest comes into the kitchen.
    We say:
    "Good morning, sir."
    The housekeeper says:
    "Father, these are my protégés. They're the grandsons of the old woman people call the Witch."
    The priest says:
    "Yes, I know them. Come with me."
    We follow him. We go through a room in which there is nothing but a big round table surrounded by chairs, and a crucifix on the wall. Then we go into a dark room whose walls are lined with books from floor to ceiling. Opposite the door, a prie-dieu with a crucifix; near the window, a desk; a narrow bed in a corner, three chairs in a row against the wall: that's all the furniture in the room.
    The priest says:
    "You've changed a lot. You're clean. You look like two angels. Sit down."
    He pulls two chairs up opposite his desk; we sit down. He sits down behind his desk. He hands us an envelope:
    "Here's the money."
    As we take the envelope, we say:
    "Soon you'll be able to stop giving these. In the summer, Harelip manages by herself."
    The priest says:
    "No. I shall go on helping these two women. I'm ashamed that I did not do so earlier. And now, let's talk about something else, shall we?"
    He looks at us; we say nothing. He says:
    "I never see you in church."
    "We don't go there."
    "Do you pray sometimes?"
    "No, we don't pray."
    "Poor lost lambs. I shall pray for you. Can you read, at least?"
    "Yes, sir. We can read."
    The priest hands us a book:
    "Here, read this. You will find in it beautiful stories about Jesus Christ and the lives of the saints."
    "We know these stories already. We have a Bible. We have read the Old Testament and the New."
    The priest raises his dark eyebrows:
    "What? You have read all of the Holy Bible?" "Yes, sir. We even know several passages by heart."
    "Which ones, for example?"
    "Passages from Genesis, Exodus, Ecclesiastes, Revelation, and others."
    The priest is silent for a while, then he says:
    "So you know the Ten Commandments. Do you obey them?"
    "No, sir, we do not obey them. Nobody obeys them. It is written, 'Thou shalt not kill,' and everybody kills."
    The priest says:
    "Alas . . . it's the war."
    We say:
    "We would like to read other books besides the Bible, but we don't have any. You have a lot of books. You could lend us some."
    "These books are too difficult for you."
    "Are they more difficult than the Bible?"
    The priest looks at us. He asks:
    "What kind of books would you like to read?"
    "History books and geography books. Books that tell true things, not invented things."
    The priest says:
    "By next Saturday, I shall find some books that will be suitable for you. Leave me now. Go back to the kitchen and finish your tea."
     
     

The Housekeeper and the Orderly
    We are picking cherries in the garden with the housekeeper. The orderly and the foreign officer arrive in the jeep. The officer walks straight past us and goes into his room. The orderly stops near us and says:
    "Good morning, little