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forbidden at the moment. You should be denounced

if you keep going that way. I feel ashamed to take

such a person as my lover. I wish I could have an

ideological, progressive man as my lover.” She

looked at me again. Her stare was full of feeling, as if

she had fallen in love with me too. My blood began

to surge and I had strong impulse to hug her. But I

controlled myself.

“For love’s sake, I could read them secretly,” I

said. “I will, by no means, read them publicly. After

we get married, we’ll have a home. I promise you

that I’ll only read those books at home.”

“In that case, I’ll be happy with you. You could

read at home. No one will say anything about it. But

you must make progress in politics. You must give

people the impression that you love the Communist

Party of China and that you love our great leader

Chairman Mao. At least you must pretend to do so.

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