We are all voyeurs<\/p>\n
He said\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n
Otherwise glass would not have been invented<\/p>\n
But what of mirrors?<\/p>\n
I asked <\/i><\/p>\n
It was God\u2019s first creation<\/p>\n
So that we might admire our own reflection<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I was admiring the poem which was hanging in Phillip\u2019s hall<\/p>\n
It was written by Solange <\/i><\/p>\n
I think it is rather good don\u2019t you? <\/i><\/p>\n
Yes it is very reflective <\/i><\/p>\n
Where is Solange? <\/i><\/p>\n
She is still on the island but I expect her back within the month<\/i><\/p>\n
What is it like being back? <\/i><\/p>\n
Depressing <\/i><\/p>\n
And you? <\/i><\/p>\n
I really have not put my suitcase down <\/i><\/p>\n
Do realise that Pretty is back in Spain? <\/i><\/p>\n
I thought she might return <\/i><\/p>\n
She is sharing a flat with a girl called Linda in Barcelona <\/i><\/p>\n
I am pleased for her as I thought she was lonely in Japan <\/i><\/p>\n
There is something a little odd about the set up though <\/i><\/p>\n
She has not turned gay has she? <\/i><\/p>\n
No nothing like that <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0I am curious <\/i><\/p>\n
Yellow <\/i><\/p>\n
Sorry<\/i><\/p>\n
It was a movie made many years ago you should know that\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n
Funny guy <\/i><\/p>\n
So what is so odd? <\/i><\/p>\n
Have you ever heard of webcams? <\/i><\/p>\n
Obviously <\/i><\/p>\n
Well the apartment they share has a number of webcams linked to the internet <\/i><\/p>\n
For one of those dodgy sites <\/i><\/p>\n
How did she fall for that? <\/i><\/p>\n
Pretty may be many things bit she is not na\u00efve <\/i><\/p>\n
That is what I thought until I contacted her <\/i><\/p>\n
It seems that these sites are quite popular <\/i><\/p>\n
I would think they are <\/i><\/p>\n
She says it is a project <\/i><\/p>\n
A project?<\/i><\/p>\n
Are there cameras in every room? <\/i><\/p>\n
Yes<\/i><\/p>\n
So nothing is hidden <\/i><\/p>\n
Nothing <\/i><\/p>\n
Is it not a little invasive?<\/i><\/p>\n
I mean what happens if you are shitting or worse <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you remember a television series called Big Brother that was very popular a number of years ago <\/i><\/p>\n
I remember it <\/i><\/p>\n
It started off well and then just became a freak show <\/i><\/p>\n
I always thought it to be improvised <\/i><\/p>\n
It probably was <\/i><\/p>\n
Are the cameras on all day? <\/i><\/p>\n
24\/7<\/i><\/p>\n
Do they record or are they just live? <\/i><\/p>\n
I am not sure but Pretty said they were live cameras <\/i><\/p>\n
How did she get involved in this project? <\/i><\/p>\n
Through Linda <\/i><\/p>\n
Who is Linda?<\/i><\/p>\n
A girl she met in Japan <\/i><\/p>\n
A traveller? <\/i><\/p>\n
No she worked for Pretty\u2019s father \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Do you get paid for it Pretty?<\/i><\/p>\n
In a way <\/i><\/p>\n
Your hair is shorter you look like Jean Seberg <\/i><\/p>\n
I suffered from Gastroenteritis <\/i><\/p>\n
In Breathless <\/i><\/p>\n
A Bout de Souffle <\/i><\/p>\n
I am not short of breath <\/i><\/p>\n
I am perfectly well <\/i><\/p>\n
You have lost weight <\/i><\/p>\n
I have been ill <\/i><\/p>\n
We live here rent free <\/i><\/p>\n
What is expected of you?<\/i><\/p>\n
To be free <\/i><\/p>\n
Naked?<\/i><\/p>\n
Sometimes <\/i><\/p>\n
With a girl <\/i><\/p>\n
It is not that type of project <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you not feel violated? <\/i><\/p>\n
No why should I? <\/i><\/p>\n
People are watching you each second of the day <\/i><\/p>\n
I am in charge <\/i><\/p>\n
Are you? <\/i><\/p>\n
Very much <\/i><\/p>\n
I show as much or as little as I want \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
What would Jean Seberg have thought of it?<\/i><\/p>\n
Ask her<\/i><\/p>\n
That is impossible <\/i><\/p>\n
Why <\/i><\/p>\n
Because she is dead <\/i><\/p>\n
Then why ask me that question Daniel? <\/i><\/p>\n
I am not paid for this but we live here rent free <\/i><\/p>\n
I would not have been able to live here <\/i><\/p>\n
I would not have been able to afford the rent <\/i><\/p>\n
I have been ill and collapsed in the bedroom <\/i><\/p>\n
Linda was at work <\/i><\/p>\n
I shit myself <\/i><\/p>\n
I vomited everywhere <\/i><\/p>\n
Someone who was watching me took pity and contacted whosoever they needed to contact <\/i><\/p>\n
Paramedics arrived and I was taken to hospital<\/i><\/p>\n
When I arrived back in the apartment flowers awaited me <\/i><\/p>\n
I felt loved <\/i><\/p>\n
The flowers were from a voyeur <\/i><\/p>\n
That is unlikely <\/i><\/p>\n
Why? <\/i><\/p>\n
The location of this apartment is secret <\/i><\/p>\n
Perhaps they were from the web company <\/i><\/p>\n
This is a possibility but unlikely <\/i><\/p>\n
Why? <\/i><\/p>\n
They are based in Japan<\/i><\/p>\n
I am not concerned who sent them <\/i><\/p>\n
I felt loved <\/i><\/p>\n
Perhaps Linda sent them <\/i><\/p>\n
I asked her <\/i><\/p>\n
Perhaps Jean Seberg sent the flowers <\/i><\/p>\n
Cynic <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Do you realise if I committed a murder in let\u2019s say Leeds I would be caught quite soon unless I was very careful<\/i><\/p>\n
If I had committed this murder thirty years ago then life would have been much simpler<\/i><\/p>\n
DNA was in its infancy and there were no CCTV cameras<\/i><\/p>\n
How many times do you think that your image has been recorded since you left your flat?<\/i><\/p>\n
How many people have watched you?\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n
I have not thought about it <\/i><\/p>\n
Your journey was tracked<\/i><\/p>\n
So was mine <\/i><\/p>\n
Ring Pretty <\/i><\/p>\n
Why?<\/i><\/p>\n
Tell her it was me who sent the flowers <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you watch her on the web cam? <\/i><\/p>\n
Sometimes<\/i><\/p>\n
But you know all there is to know about Pretty <\/i><\/p>\n
Solange asked me to <\/i><\/p>\n
Does Pretty know?<\/i><\/p>\n
Does Pretty care?<\/i><\/p>\n
Solange woke up one morning and was unable to contact her friend so she rang me and there she was covered in her own vomit <\/i><\/p>\n
So I called the paramedics <\/i><\/p>\n
How did you know where the apartment was? <\/i><\/p>\n
Pretty told me <\/i><\/p>\n
Solange was aware also <\/i><\/p>\n
How serious was it <\/i><\/p>\n
Serious enough <\/i><\/p>\n
If I had not called for help then Pretty would have become quite dehydrated \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
What is her friend like?<\/i><\/p>\n
Plain but then again anybody looks plain near Pretty <\/i><\/p>\n
Have you met her?<\/i><\/p>\n
I have spoken to her on the phone <\/i><\/p>\n
Is she gay?<\/i><\/p>\n
Not to my knowledge <\/i><\/p>\n
She strikes me as rather shy <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you think that we are being watched Daniel? <\/i><\/p>\n
No unless you have cameras secreted in this room <\/i><\/p>\n
I can promise you that I have no secret cameras <\/i><\/p>\n
Do you remember the Orwell novel when Winston and Julia are betrayed by the shop keeper?<\/i><\/p>\n
Yes he is a member of the thought police <\/i><\/p>\n
Both Winston and Julia thought they were hidden but they were being observed <\/i><\/p>\n
What is your point?<\/i><\/p>\n
That one cannot hide <\/i><\/p>\n
One could hide in a forest <\/i><\/p>\n
But one would have to leave the forest <\/i><\/p>\n
Possibly <\/i><\/p>\n
If you look out of the window to the left there are cameras controlling the traffic flow <\/i><\/p>\n
You would have been observed when you entered my flat <\/i><\/p>\n
If you look at my laptop you will see the entrance to this block of flats <\/i><\/p>\n
If my buzzer rings in an instant I can see who is there <\/i><\/p>\n
Nobody can hide <\/i><\/p>\n
Where did you park the car? <\/i><\/p>\n
I took the tube <\/i><\/p>\n
They know that you are here <\/i><\/p>\n
If they were interested <\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Where are you?<\/i><\/p>\n
I am in London <\/i><\/p>\n
Go into my site <\/i><\/p>\n
I would not know how <\/i><\/p>\n
Phillip has it bookmarked <\/i><\/p>\n
How did you know?<\/i><\/p>\n
He told me <\/i><\/p>\n
How did you know that I was visiting Phillip<\/i><\/p>\n
He told me <\/i><\/p>\n
Well log in <\/i><\/p>\n
You do not have to do this <\/i><\/p>\n
It is something for you <\/i><\/p>\n
Do not worry I am fully dressed <\/i><\/p>\n
I am Jean Seberg <\/i><\/p>\n
Pretty was walking around the apartment<\/p>\n
She was dressed in a New York Herald Tribune<\/i> tee shirt<\/p>\n
I am your Patricia you know <\/i><\/p>\n
Aand I am your Michel <\/i><\/p>\n
Do let me know when you are next in Barcelona <\/i><\/p>\n
Why?<\/i><\/p>\n
I might find an apartment where we are not watched <\/i><\/p>\n
Does one exist? <\/i><\/p>\n
Maybe <\/i><\/p>\n
Or we could use this apartment <\/i><\/p>\n
I would imagine that there are lots of Breathless fans out there <\/i>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
Then I would have to kill a cop <\/i><\/p>\n
And I would betray you <\/i><\/p>\n
We would be watched you know <\/i><\/p>\n
Nothing is secret anymore <\/i><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
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