“Her Ghost” / Memorable Fancies #2832

[“She welcomes him in a simple way. She calls him her ghost.” (“Elle l’accueille simplement. Elle l’appelle son Spectre.) – Chris Marker]

I thought it was charming, at first, when she called me a ghost. A creature of the night, a not unpleasant thought. But no, as it turned out, she meant she wel­comed me not for myself, but only as the spectre of someone else. Someone she seems to have lost … and preferred …

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