Angela Carter: "Mengapa Anda menata rambut Anda di anyaman yang disiks...

"Mengapa Anda menata rambut Anda di anyaman yang disiksa itu, sekarang, Melanie? Mengapa? Karena, katanya. Anda tahu itu bukan jawaban. Anda memanjakan penampilan cantik Anda, kesayangan. Kemari. Dia tidak bergerak. Dia meletakkan rokoknya di ambang jendela dan tertawa. Kemarilah, katanya lagi, dengan lembut. Jadi dia pergi."

--- Angela Carter

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Versi Bahasa Inggris

Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits, now, Melanie? Why? Because, she said. You know that's no answer. You're spoiling your pretty looks, pet. Come here. She did not move. He ground out his cigarette on the window-ledge and laughed. Come here, he said again, softly. So she went.