Marc Chagall Painting
on my dayout.A lot of trouble she went through with that German fellow."My old devil,"she used to call him.He'd never let her be in peace anywhere.Sponging,cadging old beast." The girl spoke with vehemence. "Your aunt never thought of freeing herself by legal means from thispersecution?" "Well,you see,he was her husband,sir,you couldn't get away fromthat." The girl spoke simply but with finality. "Tell me,Mary,he threatened her,did he not?"
Marc Chagall Painting
Oh,yes,sir,it was awful the things he used to say.That he'd cut herthroat,and such like.Cursing and swearing too-both in German and inEnglish.And yet auntie says he was a fine handsome figure of a man when shemarried him.It's dreadful to think,sir,what people come to." "Yes,indeed.And so,I suppose,Mary,having actually heard thesethreats,you were not so very surprised when you learnt what had happened?" "Oh,but I was,sir.You see,sir,I never thought for one moment that hemeant it.I thought it was just nasty talk and nothing more to it.And itisn't as though auntie was afraid of him.Why,I've seen him slink away likea dog with its tail between its legs when she turned on him.He was afraid ofher if you like."
Marc Chagall Painting
Monday, October 22, 2007
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