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“Are you the new neanias?” he said mockingly.
The new young man. I said that I was.
“Cubitum eamus?”
“What?”
“Nothing.”
Dante and Beatrice (detail), by Italian painter Salvatore Postiglione (1906).
Dante and Beatrice (detail), by Italian painter Salvatore Postiglione (1906).
‘‘𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭. 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵’’ — 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑜-𝑔𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑎, 𝑚𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑔𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐
‘𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑’ — daphne du maurier, rebecca (1938)
‛𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 — 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗. 𝚊 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜, 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗.’
𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐞 (𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗)
“𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚜. 𝚒𝚝’𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚠 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚜. 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚎𝚡𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 - 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎. 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚛 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚘𝚠𝚜. 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎’𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚕𝚒𝚖𝚋. 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐.” 𝓿𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓫𝔂 𝓳𝓪𝓬𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓼𝓪𝓷𝓷