Читать книгу The Cords of Vanity - James Branch Cabell - Страница 5
THE PROLOGUE I HE SITS OUT A DANCE II HE LOVES EXTENSIVELY III HE EARNS A STICK-PIN IV HE TALKS WITH CHARTERIS V HE REVISITS FAIRHAVEN AND THE PLAY VI HE CHATS OVER A HEDGE VII HE GOES MAD IN A GARDEN VIII HE DUELS WITH A STUPID WOMAN IX HE PUTS HIS TONGUE IN HIS CHEEK X HE SAMPLES NEW EMOTIONS XI HE POSTURES AMONG CHIMNEY-POTS XII HE FACES HIMSELF AND REMEMBERS XIII HE BAITS UPON THE JOURNEY XIV HE PARTICIPATES IN A BRAVE JEST XV HE DECIDES TO AMUSE HIMSELF XVI HE SEEKS FOR COPY XVII HE PROVIDES COPY XVIII HE SPENDS AN AFTERNOON IN ARDEN XIX HE PLAYS THE IMPROVIDENT FOOL XX HE DINES OUT, IMPEDED BY SUPERSTITIONS XXI HE IS URGED TO DESERT HIS GALLEY XXII HE CLEANS THE SLATE XXIII HE REVILES DESTINY AND CLIMBS A WALL XXIV HE RECONCILES SENTIMENT AND REASON XXV HE ADVANCES IN THE ATTACK ON SELWOODE XXVI HE ASSISTS IN THE DIVERSION OF BIRDS XXVII HE CALLS, COUNSELS, AND CONSIDERS XXVIII HE PARTICIPATES IN SUNDRY CONFIDENCES XXIX HE ALLOWS THE MERITS OF IMPERFECTION XXX HE GILDS THE WEATHER-VANE THE EPILOGUE: WHICH SUGGESTS THAT SECOND THOUGHTS— THE PROLOGUE
Оглавление"In the house and garden of his dream he saw a child moving, and could divide the main streams at least of the winds that had played on him, and study so the first stage in that mental journey."
The Prologue: Which Deals with the Essentials
1—Writing
It appeared to me that my circumstances clamored for betterment, because never in my life have I been able to endure the contact of unhappiness. And my mother was always crying now, over (though I did not know it) the luckiest chance which had ever befallen her; and that made me cry too, without understanding exactly why.
So the child, that then was I, procured a pencil and a bit of wrapping-paper, and began to write laboriously:
