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"CHAPTER 2

826. I'm going out there alone to seach for a new place that's said to be near Heaven.

834. There should be some new creatures there that are supposed to take our place.

835. He probably put them outside Heaven so there wouldn't be a chance of new uprisings due to overpopulation.

837. Anyway, I'll find out whatever's out there. Then I'll bring you and Death there, where you can fly around, invisible, and live comfortably and have plenty yo eat - in fact, you can have everything."

845. The mother and son were overjoyed.

846. Death grinned and rubbed his stomach.

850. Sin said "I'm supposed to keep these gates locked, and Death is supposed to kill whoever tries to get past.

 856. But why should I obey God's orders?

857. He hates me. He threw me in this pit and ceated all my suffering.

864. You're my father. You're the one I should obey.

866.  Soon, we'll be together in that new world of pleasure. We'll be like king and queen. I'll be your daughter and your lover, forever."

871. She took the key from her side. She rolled over to the gates. She pulled up the heavy grating, which noboby else could have moved (...)"

Dette var side 77 af en af verdens første forfattere, John Milton. Hans bog, "Paradise Lost", udkom i 1663, og er en af de mest kendte bøger udgivet (hvad jeg ved af - det er ikke noget, jeg har beviser på, så tag det med et gran salt). Men selvom jeg ejer en kopi af Paradise Lost, er det en "in plain English"-version, som gør den noget nemmere at forstå. Det orignale digt står på alle de venstre sider, og den mere nutidige står på de højre. Så det er en "line by line" oversættelse, og den jeg har, udkom i 2009.

For lige at nævne det, findes der et engelsk band, som hedder Paradise Lost. De har lavet mange gode plader. De startede vist med at indspille musik først i 1990'erne, eller sidst i 1980'erne. De laver musik, som kan skifte utroligt fra den ene plade til den anden. Men hvad de har til fælles er, at det er musik der hører ind under "gothic", nogle af dem "gothic metal", andre "gothic doom". Jeg forestrækker "Draconian Times" samt "One Second".