Immortals Crowned by the French Academy : The Ink’Stain, V3

By Bazin, René

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Title:	Immortals Crowned by the French Academy : The Ink’Stain, V3
Author:	Bazin, René
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Excerpt: CHAPTER XV. BACK TO PARIS MILAN, June 27th. Before daybreak. He asked me whether there was anything he could do for me at Florence. There is something, but he would refuse to do it; for I wish him to inform his charming daughter that my thoughts are all of her; that I have spent the night recalling yesterday?s trip now the roads of Desio and the galleries of the villa, now the drive back to Milan. M. Charnot only figured in my dreams as sleeping. I seemed to have found my tongue, and to be pouring forth a string of well?turned speeches which I never should have ready at real need. If I could only see her again now that all my plans are weighed and thought out and combined! Really, it is hard that one can not live one?s life over twice at least certain passages in it?this episode, for instance ... What is her opinion of me? When her eyes fixed themselves on mine I thought I could read in their depths a look of inquiry, a touch of surprise, a grain of disquiet. But her answer? She is going to Florence bearing with her the answer on which my life depends. They are leaving by the early express. Shall I take it, too? Florence, Rome, Naples why not? Italy is free to all, and particularly to lovers. I will toss my cap over the mill for the second time. I will get money from somewhere. If I am not allowed to show myself, I will look on from a distance, hidden in the crowd. At a pinch I will disguise myself as a guide at Pompeii, a lazzarone at Naples. She shall find a sonnet in the bunch of fresh flowers offered her by a peasant at the door of her hotel. And at least I shall bask in her smile, the sound of her voice, the glints of gold about her temples, and the pleasure of knowing that she is near even when I do not see her.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Immortals Crowned by the French Academy: The Ink?Stain, v3, 1 -- Rene Bazin, 1 -- BOOK 3, 1 -- Chapter XV. BACK TO PARIS, 1 -- Chapter XVI. A FISHING?TRIP AND AN OLD FRIEND, 5 -- Chapter XVII. PLEASURES OF EAVESDROPPING, 14 -- Chapter XVIII. A COOL RECEPTION, 21 -- Chapter XIX. JEANNE THE ENCHANTRESS, 27 -- Chapter XX. A HAPPY FAMILY, 41