15 (The Inferno)

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myself the object of an unjust persecution. The
unknown powers have hindered me from
continuing my great work. The hindrances must
be broken through before I obtain the victor’s
crown.

I have been wrong, and at the same time I
am right, and will maintain it.

That Christmas night I slept badly. A cold
draught several times blew on my face, and from
time to time the sound of a jew’s-harp awoke me.

An increasing prostration comes over me. My
black and bleeding hands prevent my dressing
myself and taking care of my outer appearance.
Anxiety about my unpaid hotel bill leaves me
no peace, and I pace up and down my room like
a wild beast in a cage. I eat no longer, and
the hotel manager advises me to go to a hospital.
But that is no help to me, for it is too dear,
and I must pay my bill here first.

The veins in my arm begin to swell visibly;
it is a sign of blood-poisoning. This is the
finishing stroke. The news spreads among my
countrymen, and one evening there comes the
kind-hearted woman, whose Christmas dinner I

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