Отель с привидениями

Chapter XIX

           

           ’WhenisMissLockwoodexpectedtobeinVenice?’

           ’Whathasthattodowithyournewplay,Countess?’

           TheCountessappearedtofeelsomedifficultyingivingthatquestionitsfitreply.Shemixedanothertumblerfullofmaraschinopunch,anddrankonegoodhalfofitbeforeshespokeagain.

           ’Ithaseverythingtodowithmynewplay,’wasallshesaid.’Answerme.’Francisansweredher.

           ’MissLockwoodmaybehereinaweek.Or,forallIknowtothecontrary,soonerthanthat.’

           ’Verywell.IfIamalivingwomanandafreewomaninaweek’stime—orifIaminpossessionofmysensesinaweek’stime(don’tinterruptme;IknowwhatIamtalkingabout)—Ishallhaveasketchoroutlineofmyplayready,asaspecimenofwhatIcando.Onceagain,willyoureadit?’

           ’Iwillcertainlyreadit.But,Countess,Idon’tunderstand—’

           Sheheldupherhandforsilence,andfinishedthesecondtumblerofmaraschinopunch.

           ’Iamalivingenigma—andyouwanttoknowtherightreadingofme,’shesaid.’Hereisthereading,asyourEnglishphrasegoes,inanutshell.Thereisafoolishideainthemindsofmanypersonsthatthenativesofthewarmclimatesareimaginativepeople.Thereneverwasagreatermistake.YouwillfindnosuchunimaginativepeopleanywhereasyoufindinItaly,Spain,Greece,andtheotherSoutherncountries.Toanythingfanciful,toanythingspiritual,theirmindsaredeafandblindbynature.Nowandthen,inthecourseofcenturies,agreatgeniusspringsupamongthem;andheistheexceptionwhichprovestherule.

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