,indeed, already at the beginning he would speak as, according to expectations, he was compelled to—and as for rebellion—his voice suddennly became very subdued—if anyone even contemplates a plan against me, or if the desire would be manifest, even in a suggestion, that anything should be executed any differently than how I want it to be—well, do not even let this appear in your dreams, cast it out from your minds, or at least try to cast it out, because if you make any attempts, the ending will be woeful, and this is a warning, although not a benevolent one,*
Lásló Krasnahorkai,
Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming
*and it goes on, a sentence may be pages long.
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