:07:00
He was generally content
:07:02
with his status.
:07:06
His sex life, however,
was less dazzling.
:07:10
He'd known a few women, but briefly.
:07:15
Since Véronique and I
split up 2 years ago,
:07:19
I'd had no sex at all.
:07:22
Had a good weekend?
:07:24
Don't ask. I'm knackered.
:07:26
My half-hearted attempts
:07:29
had all failed, predictably.
:07:34
Two years sounds long,
:07:37
but in fact,
:07:39
if you're working, it goes fast.
:07:43
Ask anyone. It goes very fast.
:07:50
Our Hero shared his offiice
with Bernard,
:07:53
fresh out of Electronics
and Automation School.
:07:57
I wondered what he did
with his life,
:08:01
except watch movies and buy CDs.
:08:07
If he'd had any children,
:08:09
something might have come
from the swarm of baby Bernards,
:08:14
but no,
:08:16
he wasn't even married.
:08:18
Dried fruit.
:08:22
But I didn't really pity him.
:08:26
Good old, dear old Bernard.
:08:30
I dare say he was happy
:08:32
to his own, limited extent,
:08:35
on a Bernardian scale.
:08:39
It's strange.
There's a bad smell in my house,
:08:43
on the stairs.
:08:44
Probably a dead rat!
:08:49
Bad odours
make good talking points,
:08:54
I'd already noticed.