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" Let the dead bury the dead and mourn them...
it is enviable to be the first to enter upon a
new life: this shall be our lot. "
MARX, Letter to Ruge.
 Remember thee? Ay thou

Lights
, shado
ws, sha
pes

In the evening, Barbara

we will ob
serve frin
ges of silence

it is for you
rative full o
of nar f disc
ystem ord a
ange s nd
this str dism
ay

it concer ns a topic thoroughly soaked in alcohol

Naturally, all the same, I will discuss events and voice opinions

 Mistress of her desires, she saw the world, and was seen by it

All the perfumes of Arabia

— The memory be green

But the un
iq ueness of
Man, unti
l now, has
been to possess
a rapid reca
ll

— What is 't you say? the life?

" like acid on iron "

 EVERYTHING takes us back to the heroine, there is no story here, dramat
ic action is absent

time
pass
es, b
ut i t
does
n't y
et fl
y

hich shall
to m y d ispatch, W
ness in vereign
s great busi ive solely so
This night’ ays to co m e, G
ights and d
to all our n om.
asterd
sway and m

of a
the appeals the
li ve d in
n only be re e,
past which cain a "repetition" wher .
m em ory, or d e.
hat, it will fa
no matter w
 A few moments, next to one another

T
and he int s
disa those ention on
ecti
aim ppoin who is not dir
less ted: like ver s
ly a
nd e the s tight y clear rou
nds tory plot ume
the s eith ith
n
sam begins will ber, w
e wa
y. a bit
e ich
is r
ial
a ter
— What are you thinking about? em
Th
then?
were we
in th
e cit How old
y's la —Y
byri
n th o
f
es
ston
es
s
aknes
as " los s t s uch we
t childr Amid
en "

in our hands
Barbara w — The power is
alks in fro
nt
—A
nd
now

n years old
she was seventee

ues
— I would like
f the dialog
e wr iting o
foun d in th
re a l i sm is
ttem pt at
ame a
The s

She
bega
n to
trem
b le, u
And s nres
o the g pons
reat co ive
nvulsi
ons ha
d not ye
t fully
subsid
ed
sts
arbar a's brea
I found B

d
nde
l y i nte
She burns with the same desire nt ois
vide rge
n ces ehe bou
e t
efer ock
di s tic r" or sh
r sa ress
tic o mp
ero to "i

Barbara started screaming

asure in that
she took most of her ple
hadn't restrained
way. At one point, if I collapsed on the
her, she would have nvulsions
ground racked with co
 l
h th is gir
o ng wit
w as wr
o m ething
that s erotic
fren
re a lised zy und
er min
nd I es the
arb ara a found
ations
B of the es
tablish
ed order

rse
rds that leads to discou
the organisation of wo ou gh an eff ect
we f the world's order thr
eel t transforms something in s it an d tho se wh o
he those who expres
war on the consciousness of ich a gli mp se of ete rni ty
m through wh
th o
f lif listen to it. It is the breach rkly towards its ruin.
e rld rollin g da
rushes into a wo

of fire
How far is't call'd

ince
en her s
never se

Th
en
th
et
rem
or
sb
eco
me
les
s fre
qu
en
t, d
ie
do
wn
, su
bs
ide

the wine of life is drawn, and the

mere lees is left this vault to brag
of
 essive episodes:
ed so far as to break apart succ
chnique is pu sh h lesser details

the disregard for te th ey ar e allud ed to indirectly throug
t outlined,
key features are no

an extrao
rdinarily
appropr
iate tone
in which
to speak
of this li
fe
 The direction also bears the marks of youth
its dreadful, m
agnificent and
hopeless disorder

All the elemen

ts of the Amer
ican crime no
vel are found
here, violence
, sexuality, crue
lty, except the
setting

Truth
- or w
hat p
eople
call t
ruth
- I do
n't re
cogni
se it, I
forge
t it, I d
on't s
ee it,
I don
't kno
w wh
at it i
s

In this ghastly and pathetic “Carte

search for a charact du Tendre”, the
successive lives er is suggested thro ugh their

We
onc think
all e, so m about
fi g hat the any th so ma
con t t h same ings r ny thi
stan i s t u n
tly a w h ime. H sh in o gs at
ssai i r l w ow n us
ls us c ,
? i n d wan we
hic
h
has no bra
louse; she
ars open her b
Barbara te
mise only games
fac e, be ne ath tha t yo uth ful air which seemed to pro
Beneath tha t laughing
 ory
the mem
ed in
und
er th ss ly b e reliv sire y
at you e i s usele h c an on s s de erd
a
ges tu r h ic pele s t
thfu n this past w s ho ye
l air t Eve p e a l s of a Thi not
hat s
eem the ap It's
world
ed to f the
prom ups o
s y syr
ise o drow
nly g ll the
a nor a
mes

alive shift
es still with little Bar ing s
and
d desir bara
o ns an
ob se ssi

Ho
and b
wave of feelings

wm
yas
leep
to say w — Oh ! Barbara, since

any
e end

tim
es
After drinking

drinking the my
t
of pow hological se
s er in o lf
y low rder to that produc
it db hide fr e
rev win om on s delusions o
te rb ich
th e e's fea
rs and f grandeur a
rea w h depend nd
g t ency
n tha ire
d
eve he ri ng
too
t
at
ileg
wh Al
TH l th
EE e sa
ND m
e
An ium poo
Op his
dT p rA
To

ho oiso nn
m
as n m wen
de ild

ound
The incurable w
Qu an dre
in
e

ce cha min

life
as in
y d st
d

st
ds ju
rin e
t

wor
st
kin

an d lo
a

and the pers

g

n is hear hi s
d no m w
ore
g

it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing

 Chr
istia
nD
ior'
s
pas
sio
D —" n for
ab ior Wh a per
ma out call en nte fec
tion
rri D ed I d
ag an me ec
d is p
W e i i rob
he e
to l a nd ed a d ab

hi
nS be nd q to

sm
ylv bu m ues m ly a
ie ilt yse tio arr t th
e ro

od
ca on lf. ne y D ot o
me

els
so He m an d f hi
to me w e ie s su

to
tel th an at l G cce
lh in te len él ss
h

be
gs d in
im
of er me th, ",
io
g a p py
th
eb us to ask said
irt , no e b in Sy
ho t t ha g lo lvie
fh o p a
be py, ds , "C
er
lit sh he of q hr
tle or w ue is
t-l an st tia
Pa ive te io n
s d. d ns
" m
y

Barb
ar a
 s
vie San Acting
war mo r
f o u r g uns in the bo
H E p r e - which the young
T
e y’s fam
Famille,
in descend n e r a t i o n s o il
a strong e f a c t o y:
L y ne n h ad left such e m a d e . d’Yd, p d from the fa
m
rs,
Robert in g r re
n , is b e Joel younge ceded him. B ous Jean
im p r e s s io e years later, will
st u
come to sibling, succe t for this
-t h re émi. J oel ss cann
Twenty o soon
tea u st ars as R as. ot
Fla m
this Christ
turn seven

LAURENC
old student.E is a 23-year
hair is a dr Her unkempt
pulls her hawback. If she
bun, the air up into a
fa ce is reoutline of her
refined. Hd es ig n ed an d
bit small  er eyes are a
the curve of: by thinning
towards th her eyebrows
fo rg et -m e-e temples, her
highlighted.n o t ey es a re
Her mouth
,
 is felt
Confronted with the work of a young filmmaker, the most unusual reluctance mes
extre
erce
f these fi
xam ple o
un i que e
d
bvious an
tory, an o
of his
in all
d w ll
overew upon At this

ina
word helminthe soundpoint I w

udi
g in e track ill on
very , l
sensewhich isy

ble
of the

dur
ing
a fi
rst
vie
inue
ill contee on

win
f a n d w s
oken o hat we of
ave sp beauty of wonary use

g
h e r s h i
Ot ak of the rev o l u t
to spe creen; the
th e s
cinema
r see
th in k we'll eve
I don't
r again
each othe
w in t e r
of the reen
The li g h t s
r a kiss Black Sc t Debord
eets w il l end nea Guy-Er n
es
str

visation)
o f Le tt r ist impro
(End
wers,
th e u n ti mely ans ht
After all g o f youth, nig
ge in
and the a
o m on high
falls fr

litude?
ore beau tiful ode to so
w images, a m
Who has made, in so fe

I unwound all the reels

of the film library and thr
ew them away
 HOWLS IN FAVOUR OF
the audien
ce were off
ended and
screamed
madly

we could hear the shrill cries of women and the

slanders of men. "Sons-of-bitches, pigs, bastards,
assassins, butchers" echoed

flop
ning of the first
ding the scree
are atten
B : You
F ILM CLU The arts of the future will be uph
eavals of situations, or nothing
" Every époque aspires to a more beautiful world.
The more dark and confused the present is, the more
profound this desire. In the waning of the Middle
Ages, life was filled with a dark melancholy... in the
15th Century it was, so to say, bad form to praise the
world and life openly. It was fashionable to see only
its suffering and misery, to discover everywhere
signs of decadence and of the near end... All that we
get to know of the moral state of the nobles points to
a sentimental need of enrobing their souls with the
garb of woe. There is hardly one who does not come
forward to affirm that he has seen nothing but misery
during his life and expects only worse things from
the future... The poet and chronicler Charles le
Temeraire chose as his motto: "So much is suffered
on The Way"; he finds a bitter taste in life, and his
portrait strikes us with his morose expression typical
of faces of that time."
HUIZINGA, The Waning of the Middle Ages.
 this is the past

k
pea
Is
As
We g
ro w old
er
th
ey
d on

all said ?
't u
nd
er
sta
nd

I'm well aware

us
an
ym
or
e

What
po int do
we wa
nt to m
ake w
ho do
we be
lieve i
t will co
ncern
?

to od
ders
u n
it's too late
' t be
n
ca
we

and dis c us s
to share

it's
we ser
are iou
do s
om le?
these peop
ed
to Where are
be
at
he
me
end
of
son right to the
ga out of the night
mo a litt
ng el se a cr y
le mo
tho thing
se Ever y re un
tha sullie
t sh d da
rkne
all ss
be
bo
rn
he
re aft
er
 ired her
t nigh t, and adm
it w I saw her a S he long legs
as a had
kiss per
full tb The end, w
of Naked rea e sensed
fres in bed st s
hne
ss
e?
Drunk? M s
elve
f o urs
o
ld and
of a bad drea
m
e wor
atmosphere ll th
fa
red o
hat

ays
yw
man
fy in
Isatis
ich
s , wh
esse
w eakn
inal
rim
in c
und
I abo

She blushed, but in an surprising gesture

you, y
afte ou love l
r havi ife
ng b
een
dazz
led,
we s
uffe
r a lit of gall
tle you have a lot
e
for a girl your ag
sti
ll w
in
ba
ttl

s her
toward
es

iver tea
er s ide of the r rs c
ame
the oth to h
er e
y es
lif
e'

hts
oug
s

r th journey
sh

The ll ou The long

tepi a
or

d wat T he
el

er stree
in

s of ts in
abso its e
the
e

lu sc alato
Atla te da
rknes rs
n tic s
f her g-string
When she took of
 like some ore among a mineral of metals base

It should be noted that,at this

time, the most unsavory aspec
were not known - as they have ts of his character
been since the admissions in his
Mémoires.
— What's your
name?

t it
dmi
I a
t, ng
or l so
s sh ut if u
wa bea
im
e our
T

marih
uana

Five year
s ago
All
t he
des
ire
your papers
— Show me

l base
She was looking cold and afraid fully materia
m b er r ests on a
me
a k and re
sio n to spe
The pas

Alertne
ss beca
me con
fused w
ith slee
p

kinds of wines
we drank an inordinate quantity of all

She put her hands on his chest.

" she
— "What are you going to do to me?
me aga in?
said hoarsely. "You're going to hit a
hav e
That's all you can do. You can't just
hav e to do
woman like every other man. You
something else...
unde
r-age
sex,
Ik now
whe ile
re th i te sm
is lea e-Wh
ds
aC olgat
e r was
ne x t to h
d
e, an
mile d at m
she s
 179
3

Song of the Swiss Guards

Our life is a journey

Through winter and Night,
We look for our way
In a Sky without light

alcohol
Under the influence of

lower lip
stan ding, biting her
She remained

a network of memories, of obs ess-

and of
ions, of vague ideas, of thoughts,
perceptions

yo
u
th th t
ou o
gh its
no elf
ne re
els bels
en ,
ea
r

the
Breasts that nothing conceals sm
ell
of
ma
rih
uan
a
Bernard, Bernard, this green youth will
not last forever
 universe of tr
in a emulo
oves us co
o wdm lours
l cr
a chaotic reflectio
n on life, bea utifu
in themes which
are endlessly reha This Prostitu
d el in qu en cytion is the most comm
shed Observation in gi rl s. T h e C h on form of
institute, wheCentre was set up at a Gev il ly -l a- R u
ood Shepherde
observation byre girls were sent for thre
cite the follo the juvenile court of th e months of
Ir passed througwing figures: of the 421 e Seine. We
e
qu mem arrested for h the Centre in 1956, 2 minors who
arr the bot actually prosti vagrancy. Amongst thos76 had been
el, ber tles are tutes. e 17 were
bu a m lying
tn as
ot so
hin f t
g w hin
he gs,
ref bu
or
e. t no
th
ing
dis
tin
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest... ctl
y;
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! a
Drink and the devil had done for the rest e of 20"
genius at the ag
Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum. "Everyone is a

ts of
u s a spec s,
vario ip
ndsh
o rd s; the rthly frie
ng w f ea
m i s leadi illusion o
their s; the rns
e wi lls or promise he conce
l re of
geab and t
e ir chan he pleasu he years
th ;t t
imes with
the t run away
h
whic air
gio us l
pr esti
this

M
or
e fi
ck
le
th What job did
an
Au school? you want aft
tu
er leaving
m
n
or Have you free
Sp ly chosen
rin jobs or have
g you been con your successive
for work? strained by th
e need

And so? ... What are yo

activities? ur favourite
Then, there is action, tension, leisure
violence
the dregs of the wine How goes
the world
n ow, sir?
 winter won't last fo
rever

in the da

your
ys when

son
gs ?
our judg
ment wa
s so shor
t and ou
r hair so
long.

They ar
e not for
themse
lve s; they a
re neutr
al, indif
ferent,
in susp
ense as
to all th
ings, ev
en them
selves b
the

e ing no e
th

x
ey

th ception
spa

fo

They of e
rg

often
et

da slo
tia

p
an

lay th ys w
l

is ga ,i
the

n su
ar

me th cc
ef
m

bec e es
or

un si
eo

go

aus ch on
tte

e
fa

an o
n

they ge f
find
un

d
the sc hou
ive

f aint en rs
er , the sun
ing Oh! never
r se

s y
ensa
tion
bo

deli
th

ghtf (DAR
ul
ab

lab

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PA SSA
yri

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ala

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dp

the f NIGH
an

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for

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w
re o

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dt
r tr
fo

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ta
ap
ur w

igh
ped

hen
T
ay

n
ow
o

r
f li

s ou
hi
vin

wh ic
ga

ty
so cie
nd

ing
of

at-
our

oc
uff
hist

s
his
ory

ft
eo
ur
p ict
ter
bit
 — The story starts, stops, resumes
, never ends. It has the logic
of nightmares or possibly of the mem
ories of those about to
die

— We've lost the best years,

Soon, the game will be finished forever

these are the facts; everyone is free to interpret them

indow
o out the w
rate cases, g
despe

lik
e most

ea
, in th
and

ho
lid
ay

spend the night

after life’s fitful fever he sleeps well

 Here is
what th
is world
passion
ately offe
red to o
ur cons
ciousness

as time was passing

taken
p l e tely hich
s com s w
m s . He i emotion
drea e
d th
t h at he tions an
now nten
d o e sn't k s, the i
mer ation
t h e drea the situ
e, ights
,
ours
Of c by the s ream
over itute his d
t
cons

ne
r anyo
o
fit f
bene
i th out
th w
you

YOUR LIFE MUST BE YES, FRANÇOISE HAVE YOU SEEN THE BIG THAT'S IT! WE'VE WON OUR
TRANSFORMED WHEN IT'S A COMPETITION IN THE CAR MAGAZINE CAR! THERE'S SO MUCH SPACE!
YOU OWN A WONDER- DREAM CAR! - WE COULD WIN A MERCEDES OR A
FUL CAR LIKE THAT! CADILLAC!
AND DID YOU SEE THE
NEIGHBOUR'S FACE?!
THE POPULATION AND MAJOR
ECONOMIC ISSUES
 the material is new
Let no one say that I have said nothing new; the arrangement of

in
the
qu
art
er

on
th
ed
nt es
me ert
o ed
em qu
at th ay
nk s
t dru
no
drink
ng a
sippi

it w
wit as th
ho e s
ut
en ecret
d,
aft abho
er
we rren
ha ce o
ds
een f all hild
the auth ac
firs orit g like
t e y an
xam d m blin
ple the i tre
t ch
ing l t her
for I fe
inn d
ova
tio
stro
nge ' s a r eal ki
n r, u she
n til t
h e en
d of
the
wor
ld

knamed Jack
at oth er n ig ht prowler, nic in White-
like th e d ark dead-end
er , in so m before-
the Ripp m e si xty-five years
d on, so
chapel, Lon
hand
 ty
g reali
shin
s, a cru
tion
nver
sa
A PAST GENERATION
eless co
r shap
thei
u r e s, of
ess gest
opel
eir h
tor of th
crea

he
av
y
re
d
absinthe

ether
h
oc
n ep
ow
t's
si
ki
or
yw
er
ev
of
e
am
e fr
th

t he
app
ren
tice
ship
of c
ond
itio
ned
free
th

dom
e
sh
ap
ele
ss
pa
th
w ay
o
fn
on
the

-m
em
ab

or
y
surd
wo
rl
do
fd

ts
pty hear
tor of em
ise

indica
only the
ase

is
Violence
 is presented in a
All this, however,ably due to the
- prob
contrived stylears in Saint-Ger main-des-
provocative ye
Prés
Continuous eloq
uence wearies
" What a tragedy! And who can we rely on? Ardor,
good will, good disposition, I dare say were on
our side. But within half an hour, the manoeuvers
of the King of Prussia made cavalry and infantry
submit; all retreated without fleeing, but without
ever looking back... "
SOUBISE, Letter to Choiseul.
 On
the
stre
ets
of P
aris
a ne
wp
owe
r ap
pea
red
whi The seas were explored long ago
ch had
n 't ex
iste
d in
the
prev
ious
cen
tury

l begin to
pe rh a p s they wil ught the
and own way,
fo
ry page;
s tru c te d on eve men who, in their
in e
er will be e primitiv
The read ingenuity of thes
th e
consider s of our nature
e
weakness

the setting in which

life, through its fe
sti vals, gradually be
comes theatre
 ns
g d iversio
n
enhanci
nd
r r a n ging a
t of a
ely the ar
nam
ur b a nism,
call The in
e to day trusio
n
w hat w into c
oming
festiva
ls
The years weaken only the physical body, but we have deformed the passions

the Ind
dé eed
riv , it'
sag
e ame
nt of
r ee m oveme for m
this f e
and d
h i c h for m yet, couldn't
w ich,
g r ou p selves, and whe
th em s r r ou t
anothe
follow

we were
so me
the appearan
ce of dérivers

endur
ing all th In an affair of such magnitude it would be
e exte
rnal w ridiculous to want to set priorities or goals
orld w on
ith an i
ntensit situati
y of in t ing a
terest crea
st in
assi
 In seei
ng our
selves
like th
is, I thi
nk of o
ur wa lking; b
ut a pa
r t of th
e jou r ney
ever

comrades
ythi

lar
the most singu
around one of
ng

nd m a rks
e of all la
is ta

and admirabl
k
en b

pture
in the ru
y th
e ra
pidi
ty o
f tim

Will they find it? We w urs

er
e

e not vio
man
y beha
new
ples
tlicue tem
e th e A z tec's Coa eli ri ous
lik d
dia's
in In

at E
Al

aste ce s
new ambian
rea
Ave
nue r Isla
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trying to
jo in with m
en in the
ir factorie
s, with g
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N
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t
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es
t pa
ss
ag
e
those who felt themselves to be indeed companions of the Quest

After m
any trav
els, man
y bizarre
encoun
ters

the sens
e
of time of space and, la
were rad te
ically aff r, the sense
ected

I wo
nde
al r if w
on e sh
g wa all e
lk ver
poo aga
in r
r , ro eco
like otle v er t
th e po ss, he
par
wde disg ti cula
r an uis r br
d co ed, il l ia
lour "th nce
ed mat ose
erial for
In every wa s of th w hom
y it seems d e fir the ls
ifficult to e e, they of festiva
n d this deliri
ous story dazz
le on
wor
ld w The art
ly to asn
peri 't w
s h in ort
the s hy"
hado
ws
 ts
We lived very
q u r ren
uickly c
new
nd
da
tho
f me
en to
m
velop
d e
the

cities for
the use o
f those wh
o can im
agin e
r
g r a ndeu n
me atio
g scen es s t t ireso of civilis
the most fleetin o s
the ambiance of d s the m eginning
e fi n eb
h e r e on stic of th
T i
acter
char
In the s
truggle w as seeking
against e true décor I
old ideas, n Yes, that is th
o one s
howed
more co
urage

Ours is a unique occupation, of immense labour, unnamed

weariness, no time off, a fate unlike that of other men

g new
by s o methin
ished
ty to b e aston
r abili
s, ad ds to ou
passe
ver y d ay that
E
 self
t of one's
m ploymen NEXT
WEEK
full e
THE
DISTANT
LIG HT

this quest will not

condition that we are be useless, on
in the real decor of the streets
ourselves to be fooled don't allow
understanding memory by the illusory
gives to us

maps
the systematic exploration of old
 And this simultaneity expresses the ambiguity of the new architecture.
This, nevertheless, is a reality and before our eyes, after twenty years of
delay, Paris opens itself up to new forms

that these
we understand
But naturallyowe nothing to psychology,
ambiguities fr o m in te rf er en ce in
th ey ar is e
situations

ith each other

come entangled w
es on, or be
mpo se themselv
from, superi
fluences follow on
All these in

one of the most re

markably varied
of all the internal
arrangements of
urban space
 in the history of exploration

A flowing city

It is a gam
e of life an
d the envir
onment

the effe
ct of th
is or th
at cent
re of in
fluence

the obsession becomes

delirious, all architecture turns
into
decor, faux marble, faux stone, trom
pe
l'oeil, never enough, never satisfyin
g,
ision the ove rab und anc e hig hlig hts
in this v the
ipate disillusion
o p le fu lly partic
co r, the pe
The de
 and blasphemies
In the fire of abuse, menaces, curses

arly
t ooe
ab ly
sprob
It i
an
ot
ic
eo
n
th
ew
al
ls
of
Pa
ris
an
no
u nc
ed
th
e fl
ee
tin
g
ap
pe
ar
an
ce

spectacle without
further speciality
characterises scan
dal well

IT'S UNHEARD
OF, SUCH
AN ADVE NTUR E
IN THE MIDD LE
OF
THE 20th
CENTURY

open all
night
 THAT OLD SCO
UNDREL EURO
PE

es
d of ourselv
e of it an
that we hav
e awareness
, th
f t h e world
nce o
peara
the ap

ow of a
fr o m sc ratc h . Not the shadnce, no
I was starting ation at my side. In Fraedit nor
organis either cr
force or of anno reputation. Abroad, n
following and
standing.
 barber, When M
arc
way to was asked ab el Pagnol, a
write, h out the
— In m er best
y humb eplied:
left to r le o p in
igh ion, it's
It was o t. from
nly a jo
ke.

Th e di rt go es away !
 the land with its sounds
maze at the sa But it is in the interior of th
me time gloo e
so lavish, so my and fabu
dilapidated, lous,
luxurious an this disorderly
d absurd, of pile,
and of garden halls, of court
s yards
—I
t tak
es ti
me to
get u
eft
sed to
to the l his n
a little ightt
es us ime
ent carri strol
w curr ls
a ne

lid
so
be
to
id
sa
e
ar
ch
hi
sw
t
en
tin
n
co
e
Th
A remarkable plac
e! Where all the ta
ngled routes flow pa
st

We ha
power ve just pass
at centre ful energy wed through
sant se
h a plea
s have
h at n't beehich the infa field of
cas t le n able o
— This to ide rmation
ntify
 But h
e
conv had nev
inced e r he
that ar
the s d of any
trang Mala But wh
e t ra
velle y being f looked forat of poor Ann, wh
r mu o
st ha und dea at the corn her every day; he at had become of
ve b
een s
d on
t everyone er of Titchfield Strwaited for her everher? He
uffic he main
ientl last hourswho might have k eet. He inquired foy night,
y us road and means of tr of his stay in Lonown her; and, du r her of
ed t o
the p he becam made po acing her that the ndon, he employering the
knew, butssible. The street limited extent of h d every
oison e
not the ho where she is p
use had lodgedower
he

mbies
s ee zo
o
ity t
po rtun
op
the

When they
had waited
door, take o a wh
ff their helm ile, they saw nine arme
"Sir, we hav s an d knights co
e made great d go up to Galahad, to me through
the
the heaven haste in ord w hom they b
ly food shal er to sit dow owed and sa
come in go l b e dispensed n with you at id:
od time, fo ." Galahad the table wh
all seated r th ey themselv sa id in reply e re
themselves es had only that they h
newcomers in the middle ju st arrived. W ad
who they w of the hall, ith
three that th ere. Three
of them said and Galahad that they
ey came fro that they w asked the
from Denm m Ireland, ere from G
ark. while the o aul, and
ther three sa
id that they
were
The nov their heads
had turn
els of th
ed
e time

They took themselves s Retz, "of

her os of fiction . "T his mixture of blue scarves", say
for the are, gave
arm ou r, of vio lins in the room, trumpets in the squ
ladies, of where else;
re often in novels, than any
an air of spectacle seen mo
Noirmoutiers "I imagin
e that w
e are b
esieged
in
— You Marcilly
are rig
ht, I re
plied ..
."

obsession
changing his surroundings has become his habitual task: his constant
 t
like he knight who -handedl y
lone
, goes into battle single
story a
i
world ter h
old 't en
t he
y the we d
on the stress
eep awa anx agony of a m
sw iou
ould s an of a co ind in
We w d di nst u
stre antl nrem
sse y su ittin
d spic g th
iou oug
s he ht,
ar t,

the seat o
f danger

!
rum
of
ttle
bo
o -ho and a
Yo-h

sec
ret
soc
i eti
e sa — 'Now, Barbecue, tip us a stave', cried one voice.
nd — ‘The old one,' cried another.
the
ir m — ‘Aye, aye, mates,' said Long John, who was
achi
natio standing by, with his crutch under his arm, and at
ns
once broke out in the air and words I knew so well:

‘Fifteen men on the dead man's chest

—
litt G
le en
am tle
on m e
gt n
h e of
m for
sel tu
ve ne
s, ...
an u
d r sua
igh lly
t t tru
he s t
ya s
re.

of
dy and nt,
e
ome sem
n g of c f amu
eali nd o
u ble-d ama a
do f dr
The ma, o
dra this
all
Nothing stays for us. This is our natural
condition and yet most contrary to our
inclination; we burn with desire to discover
 astle
e my s terious c
th

Cl
fo osed
ra
pr at te
iva n
te o'c W E AT E W E L L
me loc THE RE. .. AND MET
eti k
ng MANY PEOPLE.
WR ITERS, ARTISTS.
MOST WE RE POOR
AND ALL WER E
FULL OF ILLUSIONS
 new
n t to createlt, all
a a resu
h to w
s n o t enouger that, as solved
It i in ord mselves
towns ms find the
proble

AVENTURER . : OR
"THE LOST CHILD"...
HOVERS ON THE FRINGES OF THE GROUP.
SCOUT OF THE AVANT OR REAR-GARDE, HE
FERRETS AROUND EVERYWHERE AND
TRACKS DOWN CONCEALED DANGERS .

outside of the
cultural totali
ty we can't un
derstand

W
MANY E HAVE
MEMO
R
CIVILOF OTHER IES
ISATI
STRA ONS..
NGE T .
HING OF
S
 Of stirrin
g ruins

ISLAND
S OF EASTER
E SLOPE
RIED ON T H
HALF-BU
 dying of boredom?
I haven't given all of these details: for, who could say everything without
 f
of
it
pl
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e.
W
d.
an

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nl

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ai

leav
m
he
ot
dt
ne
ur
et
er
W

It
that significant seems the latest news is
towards the fulfiprogress has been
lment of these dr made
eams
We
are
all
mo
re

or
le
ss
lik
e
a
tr
av
el
le
rw
ho
ha
s tr
av
er
se
d
a
ve
ry
large country

TH
ET
ID
E EB
BS

w?
or ro
tom
es
s elv
our
fi nd
l we
wil
ere
Wh
I wanted to
speak the be
autiful langua
ge of my cent
ury