00:25I know what you're thinking.
00:27Why do I seek self-destruction?
00:30Well, mine is a familiar story.
00:34Perhaps you'd like to hear it.
00:37In the beginning, there was no indication that my life would be fraught with tragedy.
00:43My days were peaceful and sheltered.
00:46My time generously idled away on pleasantries of no consequence.
00:52Until Flora entered my life.
01:02The moment her haunting eyes met mine, I was overwhelmed.
01:06My emotions burned their way to my brain,
01:09where they detonated the instinct that had been lying dormant within me.
01:13I rushed toward her.
01:20Something seemed to hold me back.
01:26Insanely, I approached her again.
01:30No binds could hold me this time.
01:35Wistfully, she awaited my approach.
01:38Nearer.
01:39And yet nearer, I plunged.
01:41And finally,
01:44we met.
01:57I realized then that Flora was unlike anyone I had ever met.
02:02Behind her enigmatic smile was a vicious, cold, cruel nature.
02:08I knew Flora was a perilous acquaintance.
02:11But I couldn't resist her.
02:15So I contrived a more subtle approach.
02:19By appealing to her feminine tastes,
02:23I lured her to me.
02:25Yoo-hoo!
02:31I was ready.
02:33At last, my moment of triumph.
02:34I poised.
02:36And then...
02:51I could ignore the truth no longer.
02:54Flora was shunning me.
02:59Withdrawing to the isolation of my library,
03:02I brooded for days.
03:04Of only one thing was I certain.
03:08Flora had made a deep impression on me.
03:12What was the answer to my dilemma?
03:14Did the solution lie in the use of force?
03:18Obviously not.
03:20In subterfuge?
03:21Oddly.
03:23Flattery?
03:25Friendship?
03:26Friendship!
03:28Friendship.
03:29Flora was perfect.
03:31Perfect!
03:31The idea was startling by its very simplicity.
03:34Post-haste, I bolted for what I felt certain would be the culmination of my conquest.
03:44My ruse had succeeded.
03:46I had won her confidence with a show of friendship.
03:49I proposed a rendezvous for Flora and I.
03:52Dinner, cocktails.
03:55And revenge.
03:57Seizing the first opportunity,
03:59I flavored her brandy with a deadly potion.
04:01One sip and Flora, too, would taste the bitter dregs of despair.
04:09My moment of triumph had arrived.
04:14But she foiled me again.
04:27I became a derelict.
04:30Aimlessly, I trickled through the gutters of the big city.
04:34I felt like a dog.
04:37But my spirit revived
04:39at the sight of a familiar figure.
04:42Certainly here was a friend of the downtrodden.
04:47Gratefully, I thawed my soul
04:49with the warmth of his abundant heart.
04:57Scorned by all,
04:58I felt I could go on no further
05:00and resign myself to an ignominious death.
05:06But then,
05:07then I was recalled from the shadow of eternity
05:10by carolers who bespoke of goodwill toward men.
05:14Perhaps I thought
05:16Flora, too, might be injected with a yuletide spirit
05:19and would repent her attitude toward me.
05:22It was my last vestige of hope.
05:27I found that Flora had soared
05:29to a position of wealth and luxury
05:31which only humiliated my miserable soul more.
05:36Summoning my last spark of courage,
05:39I rang the bell.
05:44Humbly, I begged if Flora would receive me.
05:49Would she?
05:51Was I to have another chance?
05:55Was I?
06:02And that is my story.
06:06How very pretty is it?
06:09And so,
06:10farewell.
06:14No.
06:15I won't.
06:16I won't.
06:18I will not give her the satisfaction.
06:19We commend that I have pieced together
06:22their shattered lives.
06:24So shall I.
06:26I'll succeed.
06:27I'll succeed whatever the road I take.
06:30Be it back from whence I came.
06:34Or onward
06:35to new horizons.
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