:58:01
I tormented him to death
because I didn't know who he was.
:58:07
If I'd told him about the spring,
he'd still be playing his harmonica
:58:12
and you'd all be living in our family home.
:58:18
No-one knows about it, but even so,
I'm bitterly ashamed.
:58:26
In the village, there's one person
who'll tell you the truth.
:58:31
It's Delphine, the old blind woman.
:58:34
She'll explain how
it's all because of Africa.
:58:39
I don't deserve to kiss you
and I never dared to speak to you,
:58:44
but maybe now you can forgive me
:58:48
and even pray for poor Ugolin and me.
:58:56
Even I find myself a pitiable being.
:59:11
I think it was because of spite
that I never went near him.
:59:15
I never heard his voice or saw his face
:59:19
or his eyes, which might have been
like his mother's.
:59:24
All I saw was his hump
and the grief I caused him.
:59:30
You'll understand why I want to die.
:59:33
I'm so hounded by my miserable thoughts
that even hell will be a blessed release.
:59:40
I'm not afraid to see him up there,
:59:44
now he knows he's a Soubeyran and
it's not my fault he's a hunchback.
:59:51
He realises it was all a foolish mistake.
:59:54
I'm sure he won't resent me,
but will even defend me.