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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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