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Leaning back a little, he saw, behind Solange's back, the young woman who was sitting next to her; leaning in her chair, she listened, mouth slightly open and eyes closed. She was not pretty, but Costals desired her: 1° because he found it fitting that, in the same minute he caressed a young woman for the first time, he desired another; 2° because, appearing to be asleep, it was impossible that she did not raise in him the thought of taking advantage of that sleep; 3° because it seemed to him that to experience such ecstasy from a phenomenon as insipid as this music, she must be deranged; however, he only liked healthy and simple girls, like Solange, which is why it pleased him to desire a deranged woman.