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him as a companion for Katharine whose | him as a companion for Katharine whose | ||
health seemed to me terribly frail. But she had never | health seemed to me terribly frail. But she had never | ||
expected to be able to | expected to be able to travel or live in the Latin Quarter and even the | ||
impositions of Toshiko seemed to her interesting and important. We | impositions of Toshiko seemed to her interesting and important. We | ||
used to drink hot chocolate with brioches at the | used to drink hot chocolate with brioches at the | ||
Coupole in the late afternoons, while the rain | Coupole in the late afternoons, while the rain | ||
streamed down outside, and talk about | streamed down outside, and talk about [[?]] & about life, and | ||
all our thoughts and experiences - "Like Miss Furr | all our thoughts and experiences - "Like Miss Furr | ||
and Miss | and Miss Skene who went to Paris to be gay," Katharine | ||
would say, and we would laugh and laugh. | would say, and we would laugh and laugh. | ||
I do not remember now and probably did not | I do not remember now, and probably did not | ||
then how gay Gertrude | then, how gay Gertrude Stein's characters were | ||
in Paris. Gertrude | in Paris. Gertrude has been out of fashion for some years | ||
and perhaps already then there were | and perhaps already then there were few readers who | ||
recognized the privations which drove Miss Furr and | recognized the privations which drove Miss Furr and | ||
Miss | Miss Skene to Paris, to be gay. Katharine's were catagorical | ||
and profound, but the skies of Paris dripped nothing | and profound, but the skies of Paris dripped nothing | ||
but drops of sordidness and vice upon a life of singular | but drops of sordidness and vice upon a life of singular | ||
delicacy and seclusion. After a few months, I went | delicacy and seclusion. After a few months, I went | ||
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water and a rusty little stove in which we burned briquettes. I did not see Toshiko often: I thought he was cold-blooded and selfish, and deplored him as a companion for Katharine whose health seemed to me terribly frail. But she had never expected to be able to travel or live in the Latin Quarter and even the impositions of Toshiko seemed to her interesting and important. We used to drink hot chocolate with brioches at the Coupole in the late afternoons, while the rain streamed down outside, and talk about ? & about life, and all our thoughts and experiences - "Like Miss Furr and Miss Skene who went to Paris to be gay," Katharine would say, and we would laugh and laugh.
I do not remember now, and probably did not
then, how gay Gertrude Stein's characters were in Paris. Gertrude has been out of fashion for some years and perhaps already then there were few readers who recognized the privations which drove Miss Furr and Miss Skene to Paris, to be gay. Katharine's were catagorical and profound, but the skies of Paris dripped nothing but drops of sordidness and vice upon a life of singular delicacy and seclusion. After a few months, I went