Accidental  #1

...And besides, I'm gifted in another way, with
a sort of personal blessing!...the kind of nervous
system I got, when I'm cold, when I shiver like
anybody else, I laugh!...I can't help it...it's just the
way it works with me...I'm not bragging...I'm not
bluffing anyone, I'm alone...When you're "cond-
emned to death" you're alone...all in individual
cells...they let you out ten minutes in the air, in
little cages...you go back inside, I told you all
this, you're a snowman...takes you an hour, an
hour and a half to defrost...

From Céline's
Fable for Another Time
Translation Mary Hudson