Why should you eat, you fat little slug? You have been binging on food day after day. Can’t you see the flab bulging from your sides and cheeks, the little pot belly wobbling up and down as you your body jolts along the street? Look in mirrors and learn how other people see you — women out shopping, the tall, slim girl sipping a black Americano in the window of that café. They are too well-bred to sneer directly, but their glances convey a hint of disgust and well-felt superiority all the same. The clothes they buy fit them neither too loosely or too tightly; they wear whatever fashion they choose without the need to feel shame at their bodies.
