Gambara, Massimilla Doni, The Accursed Child (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Gambara, Massimilla Doni, The Accursed ChildIt was by the fireside, in a mysterious, splendid retreat which no longer exists, but which will live in our memory, and whence our eyes discovered Paris, from the hills of Bellevue to those of Belleville, from Montmartre to the Arc de Triomphe de l'etoile, on a morning bedewed with tea, and amid the thousand thoughts that arise and die out like rockets in your sparkling conversation, that you, prodigal of wit, threw under my pen that personage worthy of Hoff man, that bearer of unknown treasures, that pilgrim seated at the gate of Paradise, having ears to listen to the songs of the angels, and having no longer a tongue to repeat them, touching ivory keys with fingers bruised by the contractions of divine inspira tion, and believing that he was expressing the music of Heaven to a bewildered audience. You have created gambara, l have only clothed him. Let me render unto Casar what belongs to Caesar, re gretting that you did not seize the pen at an epoch when noblemen ought to use it as well as their sword, in order to save their country. You may be forgetful of self, but you owe your talents to us.New-year's Day of 1831 was emptying its cornu copias of sugar-plums, four o'clock was striking, crowds were gathering in the Palais Royal, and the restaurants were rapidly filling up. A carriage at this moment drew up before the steps, a young man of proud mien alighted therefrom, evidently a for eigner, for otherwise he would have had neither the outrider with the aristocratic plumes, nor the armorial bearings still sought after by the heroes of Juky.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.