Rimbaud's girl

Currently Vincent has not yet formed his own aesthetic concept, but other unfavorable factors have affected his study.He made up his mind to find out by himself, and at the same time, he was troubled by Uncle Vincent's teachings to him.

"I can't refuse my uncle's kindness. It's not that I want to inherit his inheritance in the future. My uncle treats me very well. I always feel a little guilty, as if I'm sorry for his painstaking efforts. He thinks I'm too self-willed. When he learns that I'm for you Work, and even you complain, saying that you are an ignorant little girl... I didn't have a good time with my uncle, he still wanted me to go back to Gupir, but I've had enough of Gupir's lifeless Old-fashioned. I can't stand Goupil's guests now, they are all stupid and have bad taste, but such people are rich...the world is really unfair," he said in the letter.

"How to make money is a big problem for me. I can't think of how to be rich. Don't laugh at me, I know that money is very important, and I also know that as long as I follow the path arranged by my uncle, I can become rich. Maybe not as rich as Master Mandarian, but it is enough for me to live. I will find a girl I like to marry and have several children. As you said, what I have to consider is, will I regret it in the future? I I don't know if I will regret my current choice, but I only know that if I become the kind of person my uncle wants me to be, I will regret it.

and you?Are you satisfied with your current life?You said you wanted to be a writer, but what about your life?What kind of life do you want?

I am eager to discuss this topic with you now, because I don't know the 'future'.

Your humble servant, Vincent. "

An adult male who originally had a bright avenue planned, but suddenly walked away from the avenue, the elders in the family must be unhappy.He himself hasn't fully figured out what he wants, so it's not surprising that he would be hesitant.

Vincent "opened up" in this aspect very late, far behind Arthur.However, people like Arthur are rare in the first place, geniuses will be lacking in some aspects, and there is no perfect person.

Dai Flaubert recruited a young physician and persuaded him to conduct experiments on a new treatment for syphilis.There are many patients with syphilis in France, the cost of medicine is high, and there is a lot of money to be made. It is not difficult to convince him.

Vitaly went there once and told the doctor how the "Egyptian doctor" operated.This therapy will not appear until decades later, and it is very short-lived. Immediately after the therapy matured, it encountered the invention of penicillin, so no one mentioned it again.The curative effect of penicillin on syphilis is more significant and less troublesome. Malaria therapy uses the method of "syphilis". Before anyone knows that malaria is caused by Plasmodium, if you want to infect people without malaria, you can only In a stupid way, the blood of malaria patients was drawn and injected into syphilis patients.

But now, no one has discovered the most basic ABO blood type system, that is to say, it is not advisable to blindly draw blood and inject it into other people's bodies. We can only adopt a more stupid method, let malaria patients and syphilis patients stay in the same room until syphilis The patient is infected with malaria.

So the first stage is to solve the problem of how to quickly and safely transmit malaria.

But this is not what Vitaly wants to consider.

However, when she came back, she thought, malaria therapy is so unstable and unsafe, it seems that this unfortunate boy Maupassant will not be able to use this therapy.

Maupassant wrote to Flaubert, saying that he was getting better recently, that the first stage of syphilis seemed to have passed, and everything seemed fine on the surface, the fever was gone, and the pain in the affected area was not so painful.

She read Maupassant's letter and couldn't help curling her lips.The last time I gave him 500 francs, it was because Flaubert knew that he was sick and gave him money to see a doctor, but he didn't know that he had syphilis at the time.well!These unsteady young men!

In fact, according to Maupassant's income and family background, although he is not rich, he must be much better than the Rimbaud family. He can honestly find a well-matched Xiaojiabiyu to marry, meet his physical needs, and have a stable family.But, men have always been led by the small head, how fun it is to have fun!

She made up her mind again to let the two young men in Oxford realize the horror of syphilis, and planned to take them to visit the church sanatorium in the suburbs of Paris when they arrived in France at the end of the month, and give them a "shocking education". .

There is also Vincent, who needs to deepen his image again.Men, can't you hold it in for a while?Do you have to live in pain for more than ten years or even decades, and then die in pain?It's not worth the candle, okay?

At the end of June, Oxford University is on summer vacation.

After the exam, Gabriel and Arthur went to Calais, stayed in Calais for one night, took a boat across the Channel the next morning, and arrived in Rouen in the afternoon.

Vitaly met them at the Rouen train station.

"Vitale!" As soon as the train stopped, Arthur Rimbaud pushed open the carriage door and jumped off the train.

"Arthur!" It was more than half a year since they saw each other, and the siblings missed each other very much.

"How are you? How is Mr. Flaubert?"

"I'm fine. Didn't I write to tell you? It hasn't changed much, but maybe they ate a little less, but they used to be more wasteful. Hey, it's not wasteful, it's the cook who always makes a lot more food, and then she would secretly let her husband take it home. I warned her that if this continued, I would fire her."

Arthur smiled, "Look at you, you're looking more and more like a Lady now."

Gabriel followed off the train and stood smiling at her.

She blushed slightly, "Gabriel."

He gave her the white in his hand, "For you." Although he couldn't kiss her on the platform, he quickly touched her face.

Vitaly took the bouquet, "Hurry up, the carriage is waiting outside."

After getting into the carriage, the two sat together affectionately, completely ignoring Arthur.

Gabriel held her hand and refused to let go, "I miss you, do you miss me too?"

"Miss you." She nodded.

"Where do you miss me?"

"Are you looking for something to say?"

"You said it, I just want to hear you say it."

"I miss you in my heart." Childish!I rolled my eyes violently in my heart.

"I'm thinking of you too," he sighed. "When can you go to London?"

"In a few years. You're in Oxford, not in London."

"Mother said, next time you go to London, she will see you." He said carefully.Vitaly became Flaubert's adopted daughter, and Mrs. Oran felt that she could meet her son's girlfriend.It's not Mrs. Orland's fault. She always felt that Vitaly's status was low before, but as long as she has a decent surname, she is qualified to be her daughter-in-law.This also shows that Mrs. Oran has no objection to Vitaly herself. She is an old aristocrat who attaches great importance to status.

Vitaly was reluctant, "Is it too early?"

Gabriel quickly said, "It's not too early. You're already 17 years old, and I'm going to be 19 soon."

"You're only 19, too young."

He scratched her palm with his fingers, making her itchy. "Are you afraid to see her? Don't be afraid. I'll be with you, and Arthur will be too."

Vitaly glanced at Arthur and saw him nodding, which showed that they had already talked about it, and her brother agreed.

"Okay then. But you'll have to make me some dresses that I can go to her with, and, what jewelry should I wear? I don't have any jewelry."

"I'll arrange it for you."

She is very happy that her boyfriend can get along so well with her brother.Arthur is a bit of a rebellious Secondary Two, it seems that Secondary Two has passed; and Gabriel has always been a very well-bred young master.When dating in this era, of course marriage is considered. Of course, it is better to choose a good baby as a marriage partner. Someone with violent tendencies like Louis is not in her consideration at all.

The church sanatorium in the suburbs of Paris really frightened Gabriel and Arthur into pale faces, and they both vowed to be absolutely clean and never fall into that kind of fate.

Gabriel even sweetly assured Vitaly that he would be absolutely loyal and would definitely keep his naked body until the wedding night.

"You must remember your promise." Vitaly pinched the back of his hand with the tip of her nails, making him grin. "You can't lie to me, you know?"

"I remember, I will never lie to you." He spoke obediently.

"Now we can go to Marseille. Marseille is really beautiful, and we can also see the lavender fields. The Provencals grow lavender and then harvest it and sell it to the perfume company."

"I went to Marseille when I was a child, but I don't remember much. When I arrive in Marseille, I will take you out to sea. We can play on the sea for several days. Do you like it?"

"I'll know if I like it when I go to play. Louis took me to the prison where the Count of Monte Cristo lived, on a small island. Oh, I forgot what the name of the island is!"

"What's there to see in prison? We can play somewhere else."

The two chattered along the way.

Vincent was forced to watch the tragedy of late-stage syphilis patients for the second time. It was not as shocking as the first time, but it still deepened the fear. Only the face of a black hole came to the image profoundly.The doctor who showed them around the nursing home also vividly described how the rich would wear fake noses on their faces to hide their illness.

Gabriel donated 300 francs and Arthur 100 francs.

After the visit, Gabriel hurriedly took Vitaly away.

The two of them are like a painting together, probably more because of Vitaly, the petite and beautiful girl is holding hands with the boyfriend of the noble young master. say.Ah, how he wished it was he who walked by her side!

Arthur took out his pipe and tobacco pouch, filled a pot of tobacco, struck a match, lit the tobacco, and took a deep breath.

"Don't look, Vincent, if you want to pursue my sister, you must first have money. I won't let him live in poverty with a poor man. We have lived in poverty enough, and you should know the pain of not having money."

Vincent glanced at him: No wonder Vitaly always mentioned this brother as "my brother is the smartest in the world".He always thought that he hid his thoughts for her very well, and she might not have noticed it, but Arthur could have seen it so quickly.

Yes, Vitaly had a bad life before, so she is trying to live a good life now. If he can't earn 1 francs a year, he can't even try to court her or marry her.

"The Oran family has only one child, that is to say, all the properties of his family will belong to Gabriel in the future. And you, there are several younger siblings who are not yet of age. You are the eldest son, and your parents are already old. In the future, you may need Bearing the lives of my younger siblings, being your wife will be very hard, unless Vitaly loves you very much, otherwise, I will never agree to her marrying you." Arthur patted him on the shoulder, "I allow you to stay away Watch her, do things for her, but no more than that."

What a cruel reality!The flower of his love has not bloomed-->>

Hit by relentless frost!

Arthur was right, it was a very real problem.He wavered again, thinking whether to bow his head to his uncle and go back to Goupil's company.He has walked the ready-made road before, and he knows it is easy to walk. He doesn't need to think about it at all, and it won't be very troublesome.As long as he is willing to stay in Paris, he will be promoted soon. Maybe he can open his own art shop. If he is willing to be an art dealer, his uncle should be willing to invest. He suddenly realized that this would be a brighter path. He is willing to compromise.

She originally wanted to write to Mrs. Rimbaud about the "stolen money" of 1 francs, but thinking about the way the money came from was too crooked, if she told her mother, she would have to mention Louis and her If you do something "good" to your father, you will probably be nagged by Mrs. Rimbaud. When you think about it, you don't want to say anything at all.Instead, he told Arthur, and Arthur asked her to keep the money, but not to spend it indiscriminately. At least 8 francs should be kept as her dowry in the future.

She was surprised: "Dowry?"

"You don't think you can marry Oran because you don't have a franc with you?"

Continue to be surprised, "But he hasn't proposed to me yet!"

Arthur winked at her mysteriously, "He's got his engagement ring ready, I think he'll propose to you in Marseilles."

Continue to be surprised, "But I didn't want to get engaged now!"

"Stupid child!" He rubbed her hair affectionately, "Get engaged first, and then get married in a few years. Anyway, my brother thinks he's not bad, although he's a bit stupid," with a disgusted face, "but I like you very much, and I don't know what to say." Take care of you, I will rest assured to hand you over to him."

"I'll take care of myself too."

"But if there is someone who likes you and you like to take care of you carefully, wouldn't it be a very happy thing?"

She thought about it, nodded in agreement, "You're right."

"So, if he proposes, you pretend to be a 'surprise.'"

"Did he wear a ring?"

"Bring it. He asked me do you like blue or red, and I said you like blue, so he found a sapphire ring."

"Does he have many rings?"

"I don't know, there probably are a lot." The brothers and sisters had no concept of the seriousness of the jewelry boxes of noble families.

Vitaly thought about it again, "Does he need to tell his mother?"

"When you agree, when we leave France, we will go to Charleville and tell my mother about it. My mother said last time in London that I can decide your affairs. If Oran proposes marriage, and you agree I will let you get engaged as soon as possible." Arthur said uncertainly: "Mother used to think that Oran might be engaged to a British lady, but she had a good impression of Oran when she went to London last time. Let me tell you Well, Oran is very agreeable, and look, even my sister likes him."

"He's very nice, don't you like him too?"

"Oh! I like him very much, but you must like him. After all, you are the one who is going to marry him, not me." Arthur made a face.

Vitaly couldn't help laughing.

"What about you? Do you know any suitable young ladies?"

"No," he shook his head, "study is very stressful, and I don't have time to meet any cute girls." He pretended to be annoyed, "There are some girls who like me, but they are very stupid, and no one is as smart as you. If you The future wife can't even understand what you say, so how can it be possible to live together for decades?"

Arthur was too bright himself to look down on girls who weren't bright enough.Vitaly didn't dare to ask him if he had a boy he liked. Seeing his expression, he really wanted to learn not to fall in love.Like Gabriel, although he is in different colleges, he studies general education in the humanities, that is, he studies everything: history, archaeology, classical literature, philosophy, linguistics (ancient Greek, Latin ), Arthur's Latin is good, but ancient Greek is terrible, and he has to work hard to learn from the basics; Arthur is more philosophical, and Gabriel is more classical.

After leaving Paris, four people took the train to Marseille.

It's the last day of June.

Vitaly brought Mrs. Reval and a young maid named Gisela.Gisela is the maid Gabriel found for her in Paris. He said that she should have a personal maid, and she must get used to the aristocratic life in advance. A lady must have a personal maid. Don't do it yourself, Gisela and Mrs. Reval are enough for her at present, and when she goes to London, she will need at least one footman to do some manual work.

Gabriel brought two male servants and two female servants, and kept yelling that this was because he did not rent a larger villa, but only rented a small villa, which could only accommodate 10 people, but he planned to hire another one in Marseille. Two temporary servants.

Arthur was fine, but the Dutch bumpkin Vincent was stunned: Although Uncle Vincent was also a rich man, he was used to thrift. There were not many servants in the family, and there was no housekeeper. There was only a cook, a manservant and a maid.The servant does not live in the employer's home.

The life of the rich is really different!

Gisela also used to work in aristocratic families. She is 22 years old and unmarried.The personal maids are all unmarried, Gabriel is very careful, and specially selected an older and experienced personal maid, who can arrange everything without the master's instructions.

Mrs. Reval felt that Gisela had robbed her of her job when she came, and she didn't want Vitaly to marry too early. After marriage, Vitaly would definitely go to London, and she only wanted to stay in France; she inquired What Vitaly meant, Vitaly wanted to consider getting married after she was at least 20 years old, so there are still 3 years left!

Vitaly was able to leave Crosswald Manor because Caroline was at home, so she didn’t worry that no one would take care of Flaubert. It was so pitiful when the old man fell ill. Every time Caroline cried tearfully, it made Vitaly a little Sorry, after all she seldom cries, probably born with underdeveloped lacrimal glands.

Gabriel had booked two connected first-class boxes, and the servants could also enjoy the comfort of the first-class box, which fully demonstrated that the Oran family was not short of money.He told Vitaly about life at Oxford University, Arthur had a strong rival, the Irishman Oscar Wilde in his year.

Wilde was well-known in Magdalen College, known for his exaggerated and gorgeous clothes. He also wrote poems, with gorgeous words, but some hypocrisy.

Arthur said angrily: "Let Vitaly evaluate it, is that guy's writing really bad?"

"What poem? What did he write?"

Arthur had a good memory and quickly recited a song for her.

"The girl in the cloud brings the rain and dew,

Pingwu, which is loved by the goddess of nourishment,

That is the land of strong heroes,

That is the glory of the ancient Greek heroes,

Give glory and silence to mystery,

The mystery that no one can unravel,

When the veil of the temple is lifted,

Gifts dedicated to the noble gods of the heavenly palace,

The statues of the gods carved in the grand halls;

When the majestic procession comes,

Where the fairies feast for joy

Wreaths adorn this bright porch,

Year, month, month, four seasons cycle;

When spring comes, everything wants to revive,

We tread the rhythm of Dionysus,

Singing the song of Dionysus and dancing merrily,

Enjoying the sweet chorus of the game,

Listen to the raging lira. "

"It's not interesting. Beauty is beautiful, but it's really not interesting."

The girl whose poetry appreciation level was greatly raised by Arthur's poems said seriously: "Arthur has never written such boring poems. Poetry should first be a kind of passion, an emotion that must be told, whether it is Joy or sadness, poetry is the same as creation, a product of passion, it should show your true emotions at the time, not carefully crafted sentences. That way you will lose that passion and 'naturalness'."

Arthur immediately applauded, "That's great! You should go argue with that guy."

"Can't you argue with him?"

Arthur disdainful, "Who wants to argue with that boring guy!"

"Actually, you can't organize words and concepts like me to refute him, can you?" Arthur's problem is that his mind is spinning too fast. His eyes are on A, and his brain has jumped from A to B, and then associates C, which makes him unable to organize language effectively, and will lose out in debates.

Gabriel said: "Wilde was very good at debating, he always won, and he was very sarcastic, so he was dragged into the bushes and beaten up."

Vitaly laughed, "He was beaten?"

"He was beaten, but the other party was also beaten up by him. He is tall and has a great weight advantage."

"That's true." Vitaly thought of something, leaned on his shoulder, and asked quietly, "Has Arthur ever been beaten?"

Her thin and warm breath sprayed on his ears, making him itchy and numb, and he answered her in a low voice, "No, because Wilde is more annoying."

Vitaly couldn't help laughing: Thinking of Wilde's temperament of vicious tongue and jokes, which is well-known in later generations, it's no wonder that people don't offend them!He also looks down on people because he is too smart, and because he has a good family background and is not afraid of being beaten by others, so he can't help being beaten.

Arthur's rebellious second stage was also vicious and mean, but now he is more restrained. He cherishes the opportunity to go to college and will not mess up the rare opportunity.

The author has something to say: * Wilde's poem is called "Zuo Sing", written in Oxford in 1874.Translated by Yuan Xianjun.

*Wilde was beaten up by his classmates in Oxford for being too high-profile and mean-spirited, but he also beat the other party, so no one was pleased.

*Wilde's family is also very bloody.Wilde's father was a famous doctor in Dublin, knighted "sir" in 1864.Dr. Wilde had a very well-known lawsuit in Dublin at the time. A female patient wrote a pamphlet describing how Dr. Wilde raped a female patient while under anesthesia.Dr. Wilde immediately filed a lawsuit against the father of the female patient, and the female patient sued Dr. Wilde and won the case. Dr. Wilde was sentenced to £2000 in legal costs.Wilde's weekly salary as editor of "Women's World" in 1887 was 6 pounds, and 2000 pounds was a huge sum of money at the time.

Dr. Wilde had three illegitimate children before marriage, two of whom died in a fire accident in 3.

Dr. Wilde recognized the illegitimate children and placed them in the homes of relatives, allowing the illegitimate children to receive upbringing and education.Biographers believe Wilde was unaware at the time that he had half brothers and sisters.