Chapter 4: Abhilash Talkies

阿慕一家到戲院，年幼的艾斯沙遭到騷擾的橋段。

"Now if you'll kindly hold this for me," the Orangedrink Lemondrink Man said, handing Estha his penis through his soft white muslin dhoti, "I'll get you your drink. Orange? Lemon?"

Estha held it because he had to.

"Orange? Lemon?" the Man said, "Lemonorange."

"Lemon, please," Estha said politely.

He got a cold bottle and a straw. So he held a bottle in one hand and a penis is the other. Hard, hot, veiny. Not a moonbeam.

The Orangedrink Lemondrink Man's hand closed over Estha's. His thumbnail was long like a woman's. He moved Estha's hand up and down. First slowly. Then fastly.

The lemondrink was cold and sweet. The penis hot and hard.

The piano keys were watching.

...

His hand closed tighter over Estha's. Tight and sweaty. And faster still.

Fast faster fest

Never let it rest

Until the fast is faster,

And the faster's fest.

...

Then the gristly-bristly face contorted, and Estha's hand was wet and hot and sticky. It had egg white on it. White egg white. Quarter-boiled.

「現在，如果你好好幫我握住這個，」賣橘子和檸檬飲料的男人一邊說，一邊從白色柔軟的棉質腰布掏出陰莖，「我就給你飲料呵。要橘子？還是檸檬？」

艾斯沙握住它，因為他一定要這樣做。

「橘子？檸檬？」那男人說，「檸檬橘子。」

「請給我檸檬。」艾斯沙禮貌地說。

他得到一瓶冰涼的飲料與一根吸管。所以他一手握著飲料，一手握著陰莖。堅硬、發熱、紋理明顯的。不是握著月光。(茱莉‧安德魯斯)

賣橘子和檸檬飲料的男人用手罩住艾斯沙的手，前者的拇指指甲跟女人的一樣長。他上下移動艾斯沙的手。一開始慢慢來。然後變快。

檸檬飲料冰涼甜膩。陰莖發熱堅硬。

琴鍵正在看著。

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他的手緊握著艾斯沙。變緊而汗涔涔。然後變得更快。

愈來愈快，並且喧鬧

從不讓它休息

直到快變得更快，

而更快的成為慶典。

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然後粗糙面孔扭曲，艾斯沙的手又濕、又燙、又黏。蛋白在手上。白色的蛋白。四分之一熟度。