A Love Affair by Dino Buzzati

 

"To drive an open red car beside a pretty and exciting and very up-to-date girl knowledgeable in all the matters that very up-to-date girls need to know, but more than that: beside the beloved, the beloved herself, the most desirable woman in the world—obsession incubus fate mystery vice secrecy fashion evil perdition love—she beside him with a blue kerchief with white dots tied underneath her chin, an enticing, haughty peasant girl; to ride this way in an open car was wonderful..."