George Moore
Hail and Farewell: Vale
Paperback
(Forgotten Books Feb. 10, 2017)
Excerpt from Hail and Farewell: Vale
It was about the time of the publication of my letter to the Irish Times, mentioned in the last pages of Salve, that I received from the French Consul an invitation to dinner to meet the Secretary of the Consulate M. Orange, a young man, a poet, au moins il a publié un volume de vers chez Lemerre. The Meaulles, Monsieur et Madame, are among my pleasantest memories of Dublin, and on the night in question, when it was time to bid our host and hostess good-night, I suggested to Orange that we should walk back to Dublin together, thinking that perhaps he might like to talk French poetry with me. As we passed through the garden-gate he muttered: 'Voilà une soiree bien passee.' He was quite right; we had passed a pleasant evening in pleasant company. But the next time we dined at the Meaulles' the same words were uttered, at the same place; the reiteration attracted my attention, and I began to read into them a hidden meaning: that we were nearer our graves than we had been earlier in the afternoon; and when he repeated the same words some weeks afterwards, they suggested still another meaning to me.
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It was about the time of the publication of my letter to the Irish Times, mentioned in the last pages of Salve, that I received from the French Consul an invitation to dinner to meet the Secretary of the Consulate M. Orange, a young man, a poet, au moins il a publié un volume de vers chez Lemerre. The Meaulles, Monsieur et Madame, are among my pleasantest memories of Dublin, and on the night in question, when it was time to bid our host and hostess good-night, I suggested to Orange that we should walk back to Dublin together, thinking that perhaps he might like to talk French poetry with me. As we passed through the garden-gate he muttered: 'Voilà une soiree bien passee.' He was quite right; we had passed a pleasant evening in pleasant company. But the next time we dined at the Meaulles' the same words were uttered, at the same place; the reiteration attracted my attention, and I began to read into them a hidden meaning: that we were nearer our graves than we had been earlier in the afternoon; and when he repeated the same words some weeks afterwards, they suggested still another meaning to me.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This 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.
- ISBN
- 1331329906 / 9781331329909
- Pages
- 398
- Weight
- 24.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.9 in.
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