:32:01
l told Danceny you would act
as his confidant and advisor.
:32:05
l need you to stiffen his resolve,
if that's the phrase.
:32:10
l thought if anyone could help him--
:32:12
Help? He doesn't need help,
he needs hindrances.
:32:15
lf he has to climb over enough of them...
:32:17
...he might inadvertently fall on top of her.
:32:20
l take it he hasn't been a great success.
:32:22
He's been disastrous.
:32:24
Like most intellectuals,
he's intensely stupid.
:32:31
l often wonder how you managed
to invent yourself.
:32:35
l had no choice, did l? l'm a woman.
:32:38
Women are obliged to be
far more skillful than men.
:32:42
You can ruin our reputation and our life
with a few well-chosen words.
:32:46
So, of course,
l had to invent not only myself...
:32:49
...but ways of escape
no one has ever thought of before.
:32:54
And l've succeeded because...
:32:57
...l've always known l was born
to dominate your sex and avenge my own.
:33:04
Yes, but what l ask was, how?
:33:12
When l came out into society l was 15.
:33:16
l already knew that the role
l was condemned to...
:33:20
...namely, to keep quiet
and do what l was told...
:33:22
...gave me the perfect
opportunity to listen and observe.
:33:27
Not to what people told me,
which naturally was of no interest...
:33:31
...but to whatever it was
they were trying to hide.
:33:34
l practised detachment.
:33:37
l learnt how to look cheerful
while under the table...
:33:40
...l stuck a fork into the back of my hand.
:33:44
l became...
:33:46
...a virtuoso of deceit.
:33:49
lt wasn't pleasure l was after,
it was knowledge.
:33:52
l consulted the strictest moralist
to learn how to appear.
:33:56
Philosophers, to find out what to think.
:33:59
And novelists,
to see what l could get away with.