And while waiting for a few belated cowardices, since you value in a writer all lack of descriptive or didactic flair, I pass you these few foul pages from the diary of a Damned Soul.

• 我知道您是不喜欢作家描写或是教训人的；在几份小小的怯懦产生之前，我这个下地狱的人从我的手记中为您撕下这可憎的几页。