The invitation letter was on the mantelpiece. I took it and put it in his hand, but I thought he probably couldn’t read it clearly.
You get the stationery from my room. I want to write back orally.
I went to the next room and prepared a pen and paper to sit by his bed.
Are you ready?
done
He closed his eyes but smiled mischievously at the corners of his mouth. I wonder what he would say.
Mr Eliot Tamburton deeply regrets that he accepted the kind invitation of Princess Novomali due to God’s prior agreement.
He sneered faintly at his face, which was strangely blue and white, and it looked rather gloomy. Breathing out made people vomit and stink. This was also caused by his illness. It was a pity that Eliot used to wear perfume, but Chanel Morinaud perfume was still in his hand, and I thought that he was trying to draw it out because it was inconvenient. Unexpectedly, he held it tighter and suddenly raised his voice and scared me.
Old bitch, he roared
This was his last words, and then he fell into a coma. The nurse stayed with him the night before, looking very tired, so I promised to go to rest and call her if necessary, and said that I would watch him. Actually, I could do something. I lit up the lampshade and desk lamp and read it until my eyes were sore, so I put out the light. Sitting in the dark that night, the windows were quite warm, and the lighthouse light would briefly enter the house every once in a while, and the moon had sunk to Edna Novomali’s masquerade ball. On that night, the full moon would shine on the noisy scene in the cave.
The sky is a deep blue, and the stars are shining brilliantly. I seem to doze off, but my senses are still awake. Suddenly, there is a hasty and angry sound in my ear. I suddenly wake up. This is death. There is no other sound, which is even more awe-inspiring. I went to the bed and touched Eliot’s pulse by the lighthouse light. He was dead. I looked at him with my bedside lamp open. I stared at him for a while before helping him close his eyes. My emotions flooded my heart, and a few tears just slipped down my cheeks. This old friend was kind and kind, but his life was so silly
I didn’t think it was necessary to wake up the tired nurse, so I sat back in the window seat. She came into the room at 7: 00 a.m. I fell asleep. I told her to do something. After breakfast, she went to the car to get ready to pick up Gray Isabel. I told them that Eliot had died. There was no guest room in Eliot’s house, so I invited them to stay at my house, but they wanted to stay at the hotel. I went home to take a shower and shave and changed my clothes.
Before noon, Gray called me and said that Joseph had given them a letter named for me. Eliot asked him to keep it before he died. Because Eliot might allow me to look at it, I said that the carriage had passed, so I returned to the house in less than an hour. The envelope said that I should arrange a detailed funeral immediately after my death. I knew that he wanted to be buried in the church he had built, and he also told Isabel about it. He hoped that the body could be preserved, and he also appointed a entrusted store. In his will, he said that I had asked around and learned about the special anti-corrosion technology of their house. Don’t trust that you won’t rush things. I’m going to wear my ancestor Count Loria’s gift and his sword, and the Golden Wool Medal will be hung on my chest. It’s up to you to choose a low-key coffin, but it should be in line with my status and avoid any trouble. I hope to entrust Thomas Cook Company to undertake the transportation of the remains and send someone to escort the coffin to the burial site.
I remember Eliot said that he wanted to wear that gift to bury him on a whim. I didn’t expect him to be quite serious. Joseph insisted on fulfilling his last wish, and we didn’t have any reason not to do so. After Eliot’s body was coated with antiseptic balm, Joseph helped me to change that ridiculous outfit. It was really horrible to do this. We had to put stockings on our legs first, and then we pulled up woven gold shorts. Then we put a lot of effort into his arm sleeves. We also helped him put on a wide crepe collar and put a satin cloak over his shoulders. Finally, we put a flat-topped velvet. A hat was put on his head, and the Golden Wool Medal was put around his neck. The master applied ointment to his cheeks, and his lips were also painted red and moist. However, Eliot’s body was too thin to support this ceremony. It looked like Verdi’s early opera singer or an imaginary Don Quixote undertaker. After he was carried into the coffin, I put a long sword on his legs and asked him to put his hands on the hilt and round his head. This looks like I have seen the sculpture of the Crusader’s grave.
After that, Gray Isabel went to Italy to attend Eliot’s funeral.
Chapter vi
one
I have to wake up and read the chapter here, which mainly describes my talk with Larry, even if I skip it, it will hinder me from understanding the story, but then again, I might not have written it without this talk.
Two months after Eliot’s death that autumn, I stayed in Paris for a week before returning to England. Isabel Gray returned to Brittany after a hard trip to Italy, and now she lives in an apartment in St. Jiyong Street. Isabel told me in detail Eliot’s will. Eliot left some money for him to build a church, while the maintenance part was to hold a mass to pray for his soul to rest in peace. He also gave Bishop Nice a considerable charity. He left me a batch of tenth-century erotic novels and a beautiful painting in fragonard with the theme of mountains. Fairy Sartre, the goat god, performed boudoir music, but this painting is too obscene to be hung on the wall, and I don’t appreciate it personally. Eliot, the obscene painter, left a lot of life to two nephews and left 10 thousand yuan to Isabel, but I didn’t ask Isabel how much the inheritance was, but it must be a lot of money to see her smug appearance.
Gray has been eager to go back to the United States to work since she recovered. Although Isabel lived in Paris, Shugray’s anxiety still affected her. Gray had friends for a while, but although he wanted to work, he had to invest a lot of money first. At that time, Eliot was dead, and Isabel took over the property far more than Gray needed. Therefore, he contacted again after obtaining Isabel’s consent. If all goes well, he planned to go to Paris personally, but there were still many things to be done before going. They had to deal with the inheritance tax. According to the agreement, we have to sell the apartment in Saint-Jiyong Street, Antibu House, and hold an auction at Derouau auction house to sell Eliot’s many furniture and sketches. As everything is very expensive, it seems more appropriate to auction in spring. After all, there will be more famous collectors in Paris and Isabel will know more than one winter, which will not harm the two children. Today, French and English are equally beneficial to stay in French schools for a few months. In the past three years, they have all grown tall, thin legs and are usually lively and active. Although they are not as beautiful as their mothers, they are very curious about their babies.
Let’s just do this for a generation.
three
I, Larry, happened by chance. I asked Isabel about it, but she said that she seldom saw Larry after she came back from La Bora. Because of this, Gray often attended parties, which was even busier than the beautiful day when the four of us traveled together. In the evening, I went to the French Theatre to enjoy Berenice. Although I have read the play, I have never seen the stage performance, and I seldom want to miss it. It is said that the best theme of Blaine is too thin to support five acts, but the play is very moving. Several scenes are quite popular, and the story is based on the historian Tachi. Titus is madly in love with the Palestinian Queen Berenis, who promised her to get married, but failed herself on the first day of her accession to the throne. Berenis sent her away from Rome because the Senate and the Roman people resolutely opposed the marriage of the emperor and foreign queen. This play focuses on titus’s responsibility in the face of love, and he hesitated. Finally, Berenis was convinced that he loved her and decided his future, so he left him forever.
I guess maybe only the French can fully appreciate Racine’s literary grace and rhyme, but even foreigners will be moved by his deep feelings and lofty feelings once they get used to the bureaucratic pretentious style. Few people like Racine know that people have tension. For me, these round and melodious Alexander poems are enough to replace the stage movement. I also find that the long monologue is an excellent technique to reach a climax, as thrilling as those wonderful scenes in the film.
At the end of the third act, there was an intermission. I had a unique hall. The sculptor Wu Dongke Voltaire in the smoking hall looked down at Fang with a grin and a sarcastic smile. At this time, someone patted me on the shoulder. I recollected the shock brought by the sonorous verses in the play, so I turned around slightly unhappily. I didn’t expect Larry to be in front of me. It was a year ago that I was so happy to see him again. I suggested going to have a beer together after watching the play. Larry said that he was hungry and would discuss going to Montmartre. We met separately after watching the French drama. There is a special musty smell in the courtyard, which is mixed with generations of women who are responsible for taking care of women’s bodies. They often don’t take a shower. After taking a good position with a straight face, they wait for the guests. Therefore, the theater must first breathe fresh air. That night, the weather was pleasant. We walked over to the opera house. Arc lights shone brightly, and the stars seemed to disdain to fight for the edge. As we walked, we discussed the drama just now. Larry was quite disappointed that his acting skills should be more vivid, but his exaggeration should be reduced. I agreed with him. This play is famous for its gorgeous rhetoric, so the lines should be exaggerated when read. My actors should deliberately pause every rhyme and match their graceful figure. This long tradition is suitable for this kind of formal art style. I can’t help but guess that Racine will also hope that this play will be performed. I have always tried my best to be true, enthusiastic and human. If the art can be unified in form, it will achieve its goal, that is, artistic victory.
We went to clichy Avenue and walked into Boughaff’s restaurant. It was crowded just after midnight, but we found a table and ordered two ham eggs. I told Larry that I had seen Isabel recently.
Gray should be happy to go back to the United States. He said that he would not be happy until he went back to work. He will definitely make a lot of money later.
Really, that’s your credit. He not only recovered physically, but also cured his heart disease. You helped him find the letter.
That’s all small things. I’m teaching him how to heal
Then how did you do such a small thing?
Coincidentally, I had a serious insomnia in India, and I happened to be engaged in an old yoga practice. He said that a horse could help me cure him. You have already seen the method. I had a good night’s sleep in Gray’s body for several months. Later, about a year later, I climbed Mount Malaya with an Indian friend. He accidentally fell and hurt his ankle, but he couldn’t find a doctor temporarily. I didn’t expect that yoga practice to work. Believe it or not, it didn’t hurt him at all. Larry laughed. I can assure you that I was more surprised than anyone.
It’s easier said than done.
Will you be surprised that your arm has been lifted from the table?
Of course
That’s right. As soon as we got back to the literary world, the Indian friend publicized it everywhere and led others to see me. In fact, I was very reluctant to show it to them at that time. After all, I was not sure about it, but I did it after everyone was determined. I didn’t know that their illness had eased. I found that this method could not only relieve pain, but also dispel fear. Strangely enough, many people suffered from fear. I didn’t mean being afraid of being closed or being afraid of being at a height, but I was afraid of death. Most of them looked very healthy and lived a rich and worried life. But when I am tortured by fear, I feel that this is the most disturbing emotion. I once asked if this is rooted in deep animals, which have been passed down from generation to generation since the ancient ancestors first felt the tremor of life.
I listened to Larry sharing his heart and full of expectation. He seldom said so much. I vaguely felt that he was finally willing to talk this time. Maybe the scene just eased some kind of depression. The actor’s voice was cadenced and the rhythm was as fast as music, which made him get rid of his natural reserve. Suddenly, I felt that something was wrong with my hand. Larry was just joking. I didn’t think much about it at all, but I found that my hand was not on the table. Instead, it was lifted about an inch off the table. I was shocked to stare at my hand and found that it trembled slightly. My arm twitched with a strange nerve, and my
This is weird, I said