— he was working honestly — but the world was cheating him of his reward.
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Samia Lamaamrifez uma citaçãomês passado
The hunger artist was not only too old to take up a different profession, but was fanatically devoted to fasting more than anything else.
Samia Lamaamrifez uma citaçãomês passado
In good faith he always listened eagerly to the impresario at the bars of his cage, but each time, once the photographs came out, he would let go of the bars and, with a sigh, sink back into the straw, and a reassured public could come up again and view him.
Samia Lamaamrifez uma citaçãomês passado
And if a good-natured man who felt sorry for him ever wanted to explain to him that his sadness probably came from his fasting, then it could happen that the hunger artist responded with an outburst of rage and began to shake the bars like an animal, frightening everyone.