My problem consists only of
bringing in a genuine element of discipline into her education. If
she does not understand anything, then I compel her to learn it by
heart, aloud. With time this will cease. That is unavoidable.
Recall, Lichonin, how difficult the transition from arithmetic to
algebra was for us, when we were compelled to replace common
numerals with letters, and did not know why this was done. Or why
did they teach us grammar, instead of simply advising us to write
tales and verses?"
And on the very next day, bending down low under the hanging shade
of the lamp over Liubka's body, and sniffing all over her breast
and under her arm pits, he was saying to her:
"Draw a triangle... Well, yes, this way and this way. On top I
write 'Love.' Write simply the letter L, and below M and W. That
will be: the Love of Man and Woman."
With the air of an oracle, unshakable and austere, he spoke all
sorts of erotic balderdash and almost unexpectedly concluded:
"And so look, Liuba. The desire to love--it's the same as the
desire to eat, to drink, and to breathe the air.
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