Status Updates From O Colecionador

‘And it was twice as difficult with her, because I didn’t want to kill her, that was the last thing I wanted.’

Foreshadowing, absolutely.

I believe I am about to leave the part dedicated to preparations (which leave the reader guessing how that choice or this memory will resonate later on in the text) and enter the heart of the matter — of darkness, if you will.

‘After I got it dried out I put several layers of insulating felt and then a nice bright orange carpet (cheerful) fitting the walls (which were whitewashed).’

An easy tell that the book was published in 1976. I can see that carpet.