Chapter 14 Synchronist Poetry from Germany

Synchronist Poetry from Germany (1) Valentine's scale is just different, but the image goes up and down in the same way.Six thousand years in the Sahara is like six months in Manchester.I bet you. How much did Hannah bet? You will lose as much as Valentine. HANNA (a moment's silence) Quit playing. Valentine was right.So in Egypt there was corn. (There is a pause. The piano is heard again.) What did Hannah play? Valentine I don't know.He made it up himself. Hannah Chloe called him a "genius". Valentine. That's what my mother called him--only she meant it.Last year, several experts asked her to dig the wrong place for several months to find the "potential" Brown-designed houseboat foundation. Later, Gus asked her to dig it right away.

Has Hannah spoken to him? Valentine Oh, yes, five years ago.You never asked him about it.You are highly regarded here because of your good upbringing. Hannah Yes, I know, my disinterest is always taken as an advantage. (Bernard enters cheerfully, with a book in his hand.) Bernard, English Poets and Scots Critic, penciled in margin.Come and kiss my trouser clip① after listening to it! (read content) ①It refers to the small clip that clamps the trousers when riding a bicycle to prevent being involved in the chain--annotation. "Oh, the Herald of Sleep, he didn't make the papers

He also hopes that his monotonous writing will escape mention! Poor Chater, poet of the Bed of Eros, He can put people to sleep, I can prove it with a pencil! " You see, every page has to be turned. Is Hannah his handwriting? Bernard Oh, come on.Hannah is clearly not. Bernard is unreasonable, what do you want? Hannah Evidence. Valentine is right, who are you talking about? Bernard evidence?evidence?You have to go back to the time, you stupid bitch! Valentine (mildly) Hey, you're talking about my fiancée. Hannah especially if I have a gift for you.Guess what I found. (hands the gift to Bernard) The Countess of Crum writes to her husband from London.Her brother, Colonel Bryce, married a Mrs. Charter.In other words, it can be assumed that he was married to a widow.

(Bernard reads the letter.) Bernard I said he was dead.which year?1810!Oh my God, 1810!Well done Hannah!Are you going to tell me that's another Mrs. Charter? Hannah Oh no, she's right.Note her Christian name. Bernard Charity, Charity..."For Charity's sake, deny anything you can't prove!" Hannah don't kiss me! Valentine She won't let anyone kiss her. Look, Bernard!They write, draw, and write on paper.That's their job, their pastime.They have paper, there will be more, there will always be more.We can find it! Hannah is so warm.First Valentine, now you.Impressive.

The first thing that aristocratic friend of Bernard's governess did was to seduce Charter's wife, whose books he had attacked the poor chap, and lived with him in a house.But it was discovered!A duel was fought, Chater died and Byron fled.Plus, guess what?The widow married the countess' brother!Do you really think no one has written a single word?How could they not write?Just can't see it, but we'll write about it again! Hannah You can, Bernard.I didn't receive any gong, and I didn't do anything. (Apparently Bernard thought the same thing. He got serious right away.)

Bernard Well, that's -- fair -- generous -- Hannah is cautious.Charter could have died of other causes, somewhere else. Bernard, but he has dueled Lord Byron! Hannah You haven't proved that there was a duel, you haven't proved that Byron fought the duel.Why, Bernard, you haven't proved Byron was there at all! Bernard, let me tell you what's wrong with you, I have no guts. Hannah really? By that, Bernard, I mean what you believe in yourself from the bottom of your heart.instinct.This part of you does not reason, and there is no need to find proofs for the certainty of your instincts.Because time was reversed, the universe ticked back and then back again, but that's enough, you get there and you fucking know it.

Valentine: Do you mean Lord Byron, the poet? Not Bernard, you idiot.We're talking Lord Byron, CPA. Valentin (not offended) Oh yes, he was here, the poet. Synchronist Poetry from Germany (2) (All three are silent.) Hannah how do you know? He is mentioned in the Valentine Game Register.I think he hit a rabbit.I watched them all when I had the mumps--remembered a few interesting ones-- Where is Hannah's record book? Valentin I didn't use this one - of course it's too early - Hannah 1809. Valentine has always been kept in the little cupboard.Just ask Chloe. (Hannah looks at Bernard. Bernard remains silent because he cannot speak. He seems to have entered a trance state in which only his mouth moves. Hannah comes up to him, A demure kiss was placed on his cheek. It worked.

Bernard went out abruptly into the garden. ) Bernard (calling off the stage in a low, hoarse voice) Chloe... Chloe! Valentine My mother lent him her bicycle.Borrowing a bike is one way to have sex safely, perhaps the safest.My mother was fidgeting about Bernard, and he wasn't stupid at all.He gave my mother a first edition of Horace Walpole, and now my mother lends him her bicycle. (He puts three things away—the primer, the textbook, and the diagram—and puts them in a portfolio.) Can I hold these for a while? Hannah Oh, of course. (The piano sounds stop. Gus walked hesitantly from the music room. )

Valentine (to Gus) Yeah, it's done... right now. (to Hannah) I want to study what the diagram means. (Gus nods and smiles, doing the same to Hannah, though she is absent-minded.) Hannah What I don't understand is... how no one has done this kind of feedback before - it's not like relativity, it doesn't have to be Einstein. People before Valentine have no conditions to do so.An electronic calculator is as useful as Galileo had a telescope. Hannah Calculator? Valentine hadn't had enough time before.Not enough pencils either! (He waves Thomasina's textbook) It's taken her countless days, but she's just getting started.Now she just has to press one key, and press the same key over and over again.superposition.Just a few minutes.I did it in two months, with just one pencil, and recalculating it would have taken me the rest of my life—thousands of sheets of paper—tens of thousands!Very boring!

Hannah, what do you mean--? (She pauses as Gus tugs on Valentine's sleeve.) what do you mean--? Valentine All right, Gus, I'll go. Hannah you mean that's the only problem?Enough time?There are two situations of paper and stuffy people? Valentine: We're taking the changing room out. Hannah (forced to raise her voice) Val!Are you answering my question? VALENTIN (startled by Hannah's words, but speaking softly) No, I mean you have a reason for doing it. (Gus runs out of the room unhappy.) (sorry) He doesn't like people talking loudly. Hannah I'm sorry. (Valentine is going out with Gus.)

do you have anything else? Valentin Well, besides, you have to be mentally ill. (Valentin leaves.) Hannah stayed on, thinking.After a while she turned to the desk and picked up the Cornhill Magazine.She quickly flipped through and closed it, and left with the magazine. There was no one in the room. The light turns into the early morning effect.From afar, there was a gunshot.After a while, I heard the startled cries of a dozen crows on an invisible tree. ) (Curtain ends) Act II First round Bernard paced up and down, holding a stack of typed paper, reading aloud to Valentine, Chloe, and Gus.Gus sat a little away from them, and maybe wasn't listening that hard.Valentine, with his turtle in his hand, is eating a sandwich while ripping some shredded lettuce leaves from the sandwich to feed the turtle. ①Thomas Moore--Annotation.Bernard "Did it happen? Will it happen? There is no doubt that it will. Only three years earlier, the Irish poet Tom Moore appeared to avenge a review of Geoffrey in the Edinburgh Review. In the dueling ring. Such incidents are rarely fatal, and sometimes become farce-like, yet, potentially, the duelist is legally indistinguishable from the murderer. As for the murdered, such as the second-rate poet Ezra Chatter, who could die in a clearing in Derbyshire, as forgotten and forgotten as his contemporaries and namesakes, who, a second-rate botanist, died in the West Indies. On April 16, 809, a few days after leaving Sidley Park, Byron wrote to his lawyer John Hanson: If the consequences of my leaving England are ten times more destructive than you say, I still have no choice; there will be circumstances which make it absolutely necessary to do something, and I must go abroad at once. On this, the editor of the "Complete Letters" notes: "Byron's pressing reasons for leaving England have never been clear. . "This letter is written from his family mansion, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire. It is a long day's ride north-west to Sidley Park, the Coverley family estate, the The family is much more prominent, earls of Crum by Charles II..." (Hannah steps briskly up, holding a piece of paper.) Hannah Bernard...!Val...!Bernard, can you wait a minute? (Hannah places the paper in front of Valentine.) Chloe (angrily) Hannah! Synchronist Poetry from Germany (3) Hannah what? Chloe she is so rude! Hannah (surprised) What?you said I? Valentine Bernard was reading us a lecture. Hannah Yes, I know. (Then thinking about what he did just now) Right--right--that's really rude.Sorry, Bernard. Valentine (picking up the paper) What's this? HANNA (to Bernard) That's right - the Indian Ministry Library. (To Valentine) A hologram of Peacock's letter, I've got a copy sent-- Chloe Hannah!Shut up! Hannah (sitting down) Oh, sorry! It's okay Bernard, I read it to myself. Chloe don't. (Hannah holds out Peacock's letter and takes it back.) Hannah Go on, Bernard.Did I miss something?Sorry. (Bernard gives her a sharp look and reads on.) Bernard "In 1809, lived in Newstead with the Byron family, consisting of a queer widow and her mediocre son - Kidnap - who was not knighted until he was ten and was always His bombastic eccentric mother took him, moved from one boarding house to another in a carriage"-- (Hannah holds her hands up.) --Hands up to no avail--"He was twenty-one and four months old at the time, and he was nothing but debt-ridden and full of geniuses. The Byrons and the Coverleys were not social equals, nor could they hope to be. Between them The connection, unknown until now, was through Septimus Hodge, a friend of Byron's at Harrow and Trinity-- (Hannah raises her hand again). -- still ineffective -- (he immediately makes a correction with pencil) "Byron was a fellow student at Harrow and Trinity, and at this time governess to Lord Croom's daughter Thomasina Coverley .Byron's letter states where he was on the 8th of April and the 12th of April, at Newstead. But by the 10th, he was at Sidley Park, which is preserved here as a prey Register proves: April 10th, 1809--Morning. High cloud, dry, sunny, southeasterly. I--Augustus--Lord Byron. Fourteen pigeons, A hare (Lord Byron). Yet the drama of life and death at Sidley Park, as we now know, was not about pigeons, but about sex and literature." Valentine unless you're a pigeon. Bernard: I don't have to, but I want to compliment you on how well you said it. Chloe ignore him, Bernard -- go ahead and read the part about the duel. Bernard Hannah wasn't even paying attention. Hannah No, I'm listening, I hear it all.I often work with the radio on. Bernard Oh, thank you! Is Hannah much more? Chloe Hannah! Hannah No, this is fascinating, I just wonder how much more.I need to ask Valentine about this (letter) - sorry, Bernard, go ahead, ask him later. Valentine: I'm sorry, Bernard. Read Chloe, Bernard! Bernard Where did I just read? Valentine pigeon. Chloe sex. Hannah Literature. Bernard lives and dies.That's right. "Nothing says more than the three documents I'm citing: a brief request for a private settlement; eagerly scribbled that my husband has ordered pistols in town; and the April eleventh challenge letter, by the disgruntled cuckolded author Ezra Chater. None of the envelopes survive. It is certain that when his library was sold in 1806, all three letters All owned by Byron - sandwiched in The Bed of Eros, which he borrowed from Septimus Hodge at Sidley Park seven years ago." Hannah borrowed it? Bernard I was the last to take questions.Constructive questions are welcome, and in fact this is the reason why I am giving a trial reading locally before going to London to read it under the auspices of the Byron Society, where it will be published.By the way, Valentine, would you like my acknowledgment? "The game register was recently discovered by so-and-so"? Valentine It was never lost, Bernard. Bernard "as recently pointed out by so-and-so." I'm not usually a fan of acknowledgments, even if they should be, but scholarly articles, like divorce decrees, are to some extent a sign of approval by citing a nobleman.I'll pop in during the academic report and mention you in the press conference.is this okay? Valentin, you are very kind. Hannah's press conference?Didn't you say you were going to publish it in the Journal of English Studies? Bernard publishes later with references, in a tone of approval—very calm, very restrained, not a smug reflection at all, but unmistakably "just get over it, you lazy bastards".But first it will be "Media teachers, book early to avoid disappointment".Where did I just read? Valentine's Game Register. Croylos. Hannah borrows books. Bernard was right. "--borrowed from Septimus Hodge. Is it possible that Byron had those letters in it when he borrowed it?" Valentine has. Chloe shut up, Val. Valentin Well, that's conceivable. Synchronist Poetry from Germany (4) Bernard "Is it possible that Hodge lent the book to Byron without taking the three personal letters out of it?" Valentin, I'm sorry--I just said Byron can take it without asking. Hannah is right. Bernard, why didn't Hodge ask him for those letters? Hannah I don't know, and I wasn't there. Bernard was right, you weren't fucking there. Chloe Bernard, go ahead. Bernard" is the third document, the challenge itself, to prove it. Chatter, as a man and a poet, accuses the guy who denigrates people in the press. After habitually being denigrated, or even mentioned in the press In time, Ezra Chater was not acting inappropriately, both as a man and as a poet. No doubt the slander refers to an article published in the Piccadilly Entertainment of The Turkish Maiden. Book review. Is Septimus Hodge connected with the London press? No. Byron? Yes! He reviewed Wordsworth two years ago and Spencer two years later. About Byron Have we any clue of the opinion of the poet Charter? Yes! Who but Byron would have penciled four lines in the Countess of Croom's English Poets and Scottish Critic-- - Hannah can be pretty much anyone. Bernard dear-- Hannah Don't call me honey. Bernard Then call you a fool.Could it be the same man that Septimus, whom Charter called a friend, fucked his wife and made his books worthless? Hannah put it this way, it's almost certain. Chloe (seriously) You've been hurt badly before, haven't you, Hannah? Hannah: I'm hurt for nothing compared to hearing those words.Why is there no mention of Piccadilly Entertainment in Byron's letters? Bernard was right.Because he killed Charter, the author. Hannah But the first one, about "The Turkish Girl," was published a year ago.Is he clairvoyant? Chloe letter will be lost. Thank you Bernard!That's right!It can be guessed that there is such a letter, which confirms everything - lost, but not completely without leaving a trace, like a sound carried by electric waves, rippling forever in the universe. "Dear Hodge - I'm in Albania now, and you're the only one in the world who knows why. Poor C! I never meant to hurt him - except on Piccadilly Entertainment, yes - that woman Instigated, dear Hodge! It's a sad thing, but thank God it's a good thing for poetry to end like this. Your B forever. --And: burn this letter." ① Refers to Chatter--Annotation.How did Valentine Charter find out that the reviewer was Byron? Bernard (angrily) I don't know, I wasn't there, right? (Pause. To Hannah) Do you want to say something? Hannah me? Chloe I know, Byron told Mrs Charter in bed.Byron dumped her the next day, so she betrayed him, claiming he raped her on a date. Bernard (critically) Date rape?What do you mean, date rape? Hannah April tenth. (Bernard raises his voice suddenly. Everyone is talking loudly now, one voice over the other. Bernard threatens to leave, but is coaxed to continue reading.) Well done Bernard!Forget it! Hannah I'm sorry-- Bernard no--I got nothing but sarcasm and childish interjections-- Valentine what's wrong with me? Bernard is skeptical of what may be the most sensational literary discovery of the century -- Chloe I don't think you're talking fair--they're jealous of you, Bernard-- Hannah I will never say a word again-- Valentine No, go on, Bernard - we promise. Bernard (finally) Well, please stop feeding the turtles! Valentine Alas, it's lunch time. Bernard's condition is that I be treated with the usual level of courtesy I receive as a scholar among my peers -- Hannah was absolutely silent until you finished reading-- After Bernard has read, any comments are to be made in accepted academic language-- Hannah Dignity - You're right, Bernard. Bernard respects. Hannah respects, absolutely must.Scholar's language, no problem. (Before, Bernard was about to put away those few sheets of paper exaggeratedly, and now he folded them again, and found the place where he stopped just now, and at the same time glanced suspiciously at the other three people to see if there were any signs of seriousness .) Bernard's last paragraph. "There is no doubt that Ezra Chater had handed someone a letter demanding a duel. If the duel had taken place in the early morning mist of Sidley Park in April 1809, his opponent was clearly a Critic, this man had a talent for irony and a love of seduction. Need we guess more? There is no doubt that Mrs. Chater was a widow in 1810. If we explore Ezra Chater's premature and Unrecorded death, need more guesswork? No doubt Lord Byron, at the very moment when he was emerging as a literary celebrity, went abroad for two years in a fog of panic and incomprehension, Traveling on the Continent at the time was unusual and dangerous. If we inquire into his reasons for doing so -- but do we need to guess?" (His performance cannot be called poor at all, satisfied with the effect of his closing remarks. There is a rather long silence.) Hannah was talking nonsense. Chloe Well, I think it does. Hannah, you put aside any discrepancies.Byron had been clamoring for months to leave England before this - wrote a letter in February - Bernard But he's not gone, is he? Hannah, he's not on the boat until July! Synchronist Poetry from Germany (5) Everything was going slower in Bernard's time than it is now, the times were different.He's been in Falmouth for two weeks, waiting for the wind or what-- Hannah Bernard, I don't know why I bother - you're arrogant, greedy and reckless.You start with a twinkle in the eye, a stride, a jump, and turn it into a sure thing.You deserve everyone to treat you like this, I think you are crazy.But I can't help it, you're like an annoying kid riding a tricycle towards a cliff, so I had to do something.You see, if Byron kills Chater in a duel, I'm Queen Mary of Rumania.In the end, you'll be so famous that you can't leave the venue without covering your head with a paper bag. ① Refers to Queen Mary (1875-1938) of King Ferdinand of Romania - Annotation.Valentine Actually, Bernard, as a scientist, you have a hole in your theory. Bernard But I'm not a scientist. Valentine (patiently) No, as a scientist-- Bernard (beginning to shout) I haven't heard a decent objection yet. Hannah No one would kill a man to review his book.I mean, that's the wrong order.So he must have borrowed the book, reviewed it, sent it out, seduced Mrs. Charter, had a duel, and left, all within two or three days.But who would do that? Bernard Byron. Hannah is beyond redemption. Bernard, you have never been able to understand him, and it shows in your novella. Hannah in my what? Oh, Bernard, I'm sorry--you really thought it was a history revision book?Byron was the spoiled child, raised by the zeitgeist to a status out of proportion to his talents, and Caroline, she was a cupboard intellectual snubbed by male society! Valentin Where did I read-- Hannah is his book review. Bernard is fucking good too! (A somewhat tense situation arises, which Bernard seems intent on adding to the flames.) You're doing it the wrong way, dear.Caroline writes romantic nonsense without talent, Byron is an eighteenth-century rationalist with talent, and it was he who killed Chater. HANNA (brief silence) If it's not too late and I can't change my mind, I'd like you to go on.Bernard I mean to say.Look at your own faults!You even printed the wrong person on the jacket. Hannah sheath? Valentine, where is my computer model?Can you tell me too? Bernard was unconvincing. VALENTIN (to Hannah) You see, these two reviews in the Piccadilly Amusement don't quite line up with Byron's other reviews. Hannah (to Bernard) What do you mean, wrong person? Bernard (ignores her) The other reviews don't quite line up either, do they? Valentine was right, but in the same way.parameter-- Bernard (with a sneer) Parameters!You can't put Byron's head in your laptop!Geniuses are not like your usual grouse. Valentin (casually) Cough, it's all trivial anyway. Bernard what are you referring to? When and who wrote what in Valentine. Bernard trivial? Valentine's name only. Bernard I'm sorry - did you mean trivial? Valentine is a technical term. Bernard is not in my circle, no. Valentin You see, your question is trivial.It's like asking who invented calculus.The British say it's Newton, and the Germans say it's Leibniz, but it doesn't matter, it's a name dispute.What matters is calculus, scientific progress, knowledge. Bernard really?Why? Valentine what why? Bernard Why is scientific progress more important than name fights? Valentine, he's not joking, is he? Hannah didn't, he said casually.bernard-- VALENTIN (interrupting her, and to Bernard) Come on, you're studying a loser. Bernard, you're going to kill me with penicillin and insecticide.You don't do that to me, and I don't do that to you with bombs and sprays.But don't confuse progress with the traits that lead to perfection.A great poet is never out of date, a great philosopher is urgently needed, but Isaac Newton is in no hurry at all, we are happy with Aristotle's theoretical system, myself I like it even more.Fifty-five crystal balls attached to God's crankshaft, and that's a satisfying universe, in my opinion.I can't think of anything more trivial than the speed of light.Quarks, quasars, the Big Bang, black holes -- who the hell cares?How did you guys trick us into giving you such a high status?And so much money?Why are you so satisfied with yourself? ① Theoretically, an elementary particle smaller than an atom - Annotation. ② refers to the famous contemporary physicist Stephen Hawking - translation notes. ③This paragraph is quoted from a poem by Byron--"She Walks in the Glory of Beauty" (translated by Zha Liangzheng)--annotation.Chloe, do you have a problem with penicillin, Bernard? Don't feed the animals, Bernard. (to Valentine again) I could push you all off the cliff with my own hands, except the one in the wheelchair, or I think I'll lose sympathy votes before people figure it out. Synchronist Poetry from Germany (6) Hannah (loudly) What the hell do you mean, envelope? Bernard (ignores her) Knowledge's of no use if it's not self-knowledge, man.Is the universe expanding?Are you shrinking?Standing on one leg while singing "While Dad Paints the Living Room"?Spare me, I can expand my universe without you. "She walks in the splendor of beauty, like the night / Cloudless and starry; / The most beautiful shades of light and dark / In her looks and glances." ③ You see, he came back after a party . (in a polite tone intended to irritate) What are you doing with your grouse, Valentine?I really want to know. (Valentin stands up, suddenly visibly trembling, close to tears.) Valentine (to Chloe) He's okay with penicillin, and he knows I'm okay with poetry. (to Bernard) I've given up on grouse. Hannah You don't, Valentine! Valentine (going away) I can't go on. Hannah why?Valentine interfered too much.Interference is just fucking too much! (After speaking, Valentine leaves the room. Chloe, angry and tearful, jumped up and punched Bernard once or twice with her fist, but it was useless. ) Chloe Bernard, you bastard! (She follows Valentine out and Gus runs out after her. There was a brief silence. ) Hannah, I think you've offended everyone.Now you can go, and when you go out, kick "Lightning" again on the way. Bernard was right, so I regret it.It's not interesting at all if you don't say it among laymen, right? Hannah is right. Bernard Well, then... (He starts to put the lecture notes in the portfolio, so something comes to mind...) Do you want to know what happened to your envelope? Lord Byron and Caroline Lamb at the Royal Academy of Arts?Sketches by Henry Fussery? ①Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), a British painter born in Switzerland--Annotation.What happened to Hannah's painting? Bernard is not painting them. Hannah (losing temper) Who said that! ? (Bernard takes the Byron Society Journal from his packet.) Bernard Fuseli expert with articles published in the Journal of the Byron Society.They sent me the latest issue... counting me as a famous guest speaker. Hannah is of course them!Everyone knows-- Bernard is just a long-standing general perception. (Find the place in the publication) Found it. "Never before 1820." He analyzed. (hands her the publication) Read it when you have time. HANNA (with Bernard's sarcasm) Analysis? Nice sketch of Bernard, of course, but Byron was in Italy at the time. Hannah But, Bernard - I know it's them.How did Bernard know? How did Hannah know?that is. "Analysis", nonsense! Bernard what! Hannah he got it wrong. Bernard Oh, you mean instinct? Hannah (in a flat voice) He's mistaken. (Bernard snaps the portfolio shut.) Bernard Well, it's all trivial, isn't it?why don't you come Where is Hannah? Bernard with me. Hannah going to London?what? What is Bernard doing? Hannah Oh, your presentation will be. Bernard No, no, bullshit.go to bed. Hannah Oh... no thanks... (then unhappy) Bernard! Bernard you should try.People underestimate this event. Hannah I don't have a problem with it at all. Bernard No, you have.You should let go a little bit.You could have written a better book, or at least the right one. Hannah Sex and Literature, Literature and Sex.Your talk doesn't have much going for it if left to its own devices.Like two marbles rolling in a pudding bowl, one of which is always sex. Bernard aha, yes.Men are like this. ①Thomas Chippendale (1718-1779), a British furniture maker, the furniture he made is characterized by beautiful outlines and often gorgeous decorations - Annotation.Hannah goes without saying.Einstein - relativity and sex; Chippendale ① - sex and furniture.Galileo - "Does the Earth move?" Does that have anything to do with you guys?Sometimes someone wants to marry me, and I don't know what could be worse.You can go to bed if you want, but you are not allowed to fart in bed.What do you mean by writing the right book? Synchronist Poetry from Germany (7) Bernard needed a romantic to create a heroine like Caroline Lamb.You write Byron, no play. (There is a brief silence.) Goodbye, Hannah. Bernard Oh, I know, I'm coming back to the dance.Chloe let me come. Hannah She means well, but I don't dance. Bernard No, no - I'm with her. Hannah Oh, I see.In fact, I don't understand. Bernard I'm dating her, quietly.Don't tell her mother. Hannah she doesn't want her mother to know? Bernard No - I don't want her mother to know.This is the first time I have dealt with nobles with landed estates, and to tell you, I have opened my eyes. Hannah Bernard!You didn't seduce that girl did you? Bernard seduced?Every time I turned around, she was standing on a library ladder.In the end I gave in.Speaking of which, I remembered - in her crotch, I saw something that reminded me of you. (He is immediately slapped across the face, loud and stinging, but he remains perfectly composed. He was producing a small book from his pocket when he received it. He speaks with little hesitation.) The Pixar Traveler's Gazette - James Godolphin & Co. 1832 edition - probably without illustrations. (He turns the book to a marked place) "Sidley Park, Devonshire, estate of the Earl of Crum..." Hannah (indifferently) The world is really going downhill. Bernard's five hundred acres, including a forty-acre lake--Brown and Knox's garden has some delightful features, but in a dreadful style--viaducts, man-made caves, etc. --There is a hermitage where a lunatic lived for twenty years, never speaking, and had no company except a pet turtle named Plautus, whom the children asked to pet. It's still bearable." (He shows her the book) The turtle, he and that turtle must be in the same scene. (After a while, Hannah takes the book.) Hannah thanks. (Valentin goes to the door.) Valentine's taxi to the station is ahead. Bernard to...thanks... oh--Any windfalls for Peacock? Hannah has some. Bernard Hermit's name and chronology? (He picks up and glances at Peacock's letter) "Dear Thackeray..." Boy, I can do it. (He puts down the letter) Well, wish me luck--(to Valentine vaguely) I'm sorry...you know...(to Hannah again)And your-- Valentine Bernard, get out. Good job Bernard. (Exit Bernard.) Hannah Don't let Bernard influence you.His stuff is just performance art, you know, eloquence.In ancient times people taught this, like sports.It's not about being right or wrong, they like that, eloquence is their talk show.When on TV, Bernard's rage is a form of cardio. Valentine I don't give a damn if the garbageman treats me like trash. (He is already reading the letter) What about that madman? (Hannah takes the letter and reads it to him again.) Hannah "This madman's will is to make people beware of French fashion...for it was French mathematics that convinced him melancholy of a world without light or life...like a wood stove which must itself burn until The ashes are indistinguishable from the furnace, and the heat is lost from the earth." Valentin (fun and surprised) Hey! Hannah "He died at forty-seven, grizzled like Job, and thin as a lettuce stalk. Despite his best efforts to restore hope through good English algebra, he could not overthrow the prophecies he made. evidence." ① Job is a righteous man recorded in the "Bible·Old Testament·Job", and his loyalty to God has withstood multiple tests--Annotation.Valentine is over? Hannah (nodding) What's the point? Where is Valentine?Are we all doomed? (Casually) Oh, that's right -- that's called the second law of thermodynamics. Did people know about Hannah at the time? Valentine has been known to poets and madmen since ancient times. 汉娜严肃点。 瓦伦丁不知道。 汉娜跟那个有关系吗？你知道，托马西娜的发现。 瓦伦丁她什么也没发现。 汉娜她的课本。 瓦伦丁没关系。 汉娜这么说是个巧合？ 瓦伦丁什么是？ 汉娜(读信)"他四十七岁死。"那是一八三四年，所以他生于一七八七年，那个家庭教师也是。在写给克鲁姆勋爵的自荐信中，他这样写道："出生于一七八七年。"那个隐士跟塞普蒂莫斯·霍奇出生在同一年。 瓦伦丁(沉默片刻)伯纳德咬了你的腿吗？ 汉娜你难道看不出来？我原以为我研究的这位隐士是个完美的象征，一个园林中的傻瓜。但现在这样更好，启蒙年代被放逐到浪漫年代的荒野上！西德利庄园的天才搬进隐居屋继续生活！ 瓦伦丁你不知道这一点。 从德国开始同步主义诗歌（8） 汉娜噢，可是我知道，我知道。肯定有什么东西……能找到就好了。 second round 房间内没有人。 重现以前情景：凌晨--远处传来一声枪响--乌鸦的声音。 杰拉拜手持一盏灯进入这个处于黎明前黑暗的房间。他走到窗户那里往外看，看到了什么。他把灯放到桌子上，然后打开一扇落地窗走到外面。 杰拉拜(舞台外)霍奇先生！ (塞普蒂莫斯上，杰拉拜跟在后面，后者关上通向庭园的门。塞普蒂莫斯穿了一件大衣。) 塞普蒂莫斯谢谢你，杰拉拜。我还想着要被关到外边了呢。what time is it? 杰拉拜五点半。 塞普蒂莫斯这就是我等的结果。Oops!真是一次鼓舞人的经历！ (他从外套里掏出两把手枪并放在桌子上)黎明，你知道，没想到那么生气勃勃。鱼，小鸟、青蛙……兔子……(他从外套里边拎出一只死兔子)非常美丽。如果不是发生在一天中这么早的时候该多好。我给托马西娜小姐带来了一只兔子。拿着好吗？ 杰拉拜是死的。 塞普蒂莫斯没错，托马西娜小姐喜欢吃兔肉馅饼。 (杰拉拜冷淡地接过兔子。上边有点血。) 杰拉拜刚才找不到您，霍奇先生。 塞普蒂莫斯我昨天晚上决定在船屋睡。我看到一架马车离开了庄园，没错吧？ 杰拉拜那是布赖斯上校的马车，还有查特先生和太太。 塞普蒂莫斯走了？ ! 杰拉拜对，先生。拜伦勋爵的马是四点钟左右牵出来的。 塞普蒂莫斯拜伦勋爵也走了！ 杰拉拜对，先生。整幢大屋一直乱糟糟的。 塞普蒂莫斯可我还拿着他的猎兔枪呢！what to do? 杰拉拜来您的房间找过您。 塞普蒂莫斯谁来找过？ 杰拉拜夫人。 塞普蒂莫斯来我房间里？ 杰拉拜我去告诉夫人您回来了。(他就要走) 塞普蒂莫斯杰拉拜！拜伦勋爵有没有给我留下一本书？ 杰拉拜一本书？ 塞普蒂莫斯他从我这儿借过一本书。 杰拉拜勋爵的房间里什么也没留下，先生，连个硬币也没有。 塞普蒂莫斯噢。嗯，我敢肯定他要是有，一定会留下的。杰拉拜--给你半几尼。 杰拉拜非常感谢，先生。 塞普蒂莫斯发生什么事了？ 杰拉拜什么也没给仆人们说。 塞普蒂莫斯好了，好了，半几尼现在什么话也掏不出来了吗？ 杰拉拜(叹了一口气)夫人夜里遇到了查特太太。 塞普蒂莫斯在哪儿？ 杰拉拜拜伦勋爵的门口。 塞普蒂莫斯噢。谁是往外走，谁是往里进？ 杰拉拜查特太太正在离开拜伦勋爵的房间。 塞普蒂莫斯查特先生呢？ 杰拉拜查特先生和布赖斯上校在喝樱桃白兰地。他们让男仆把火一直生到三点钟。楼上吵架声音很大，而且-- (克鲁姆伯爵夫人进入房间。) 克鲁姆伯爵夫人好啊，霍奇先生。 塞普蒂莫斯夫人。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人这么大阵仗，就打了只野兔？ 塞普蒂莫斯是只穴免。 (她瞪了他一眼。) 不对，实际上是野兔，不过很像穴兔-- (杰拉拜正要走。) 克鲁姆伯爵夫人给我沏茶。 杰拉拜是，夫人。 (他下。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人拿着两封信。我们以前没有见过，两封信都分别用信封装着，已经拆开。她把信摔到桌子上。 ) 克鲁姆伯爵夫人你好大的胆子！ 塞普蒂莫斯我无法接受这样，要我解释私下所写，而且不按要求就被您读到的东西。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人写给我的！ 塞普蒂莫斯留在我的房间里，以防万一我死了-- 克鲁姆伯爵夫人哼！从坟墓里发出的情书究竟有什么用？ 塞普蒂莫斯当然和没死时发出的一样有用。不过第二封信不是写给夫人您的。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人写给我女儿的信，当母亲的有权看，不管你是活着，还是死了，还是傻掉了。在她刚刚承受了我们中间有人暴死的打击时，你给她写米饭布丁的事是什么意思？ 从德国开始同步主义诗歌（9） 塞普蒂莫斯谁死了？ 克鲁姆伯爵夫人你，你这个倒霉鬼！ 塞普蒂莫斯对，我知道了。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人我不知道你的哪种胡言乱语更蠢。一封信里写的全是关于米饭布丁，另一封里写的是对我身体的几个位置无礼之极的放肆话。不过没有疑问的是哪种更让我无法接受。 塞普蒂莫斯哪种？ 克鲁姆伯爵夫人咳，你都是要走的人了，我们这么说话太不够客气了！你的朋友比你先走，我已经把淫妇查特家的和她丈夫赶走了--还有我弟弟，因为是他带他们来的。你瞧，这就是判决，就因为交往不慎，驱逐了之。拜伦勋爵是个浪子，伪君子，他越早启程去黎凡特地区①，他就越快能找到他能在其中如鱼得水的社会。 ①指地中海东部自土耳其至埃及地区诸国--译注。塞普蒂莫斯这是个有账算账的夜晚啊。克鲁姆伯爵夫人确实，我本来希望会太平无事地过去，你和查特先生会按照一个有教养之家的礼仪开枪同归于尽。你没什么秘密了，在尖叫、诅咒和抹眼泪中，全泄露了。幸好我丈夫一辈子着迷打枪，这让他的听力打了对折，所以他倒是照样睡下去。 塞普蒂莫斯我恐怕不知道发生了什么事。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人你的那个骚货被堵在拜伦勋爵的房间里。 塞普蒂莫斯噢，查特先生堵住的？ 克鲁姆伯爵夫人还会有谁？ 塞普蒂莫斯非常抱歉，夫人，因为我利用了您的好意，把我这位负情负义的朋友带来引起您关注。他得跟我说清楚，这点您可以放心。 (克鲁姆伯爵夫人还未对塞普蒂莫斯这番狠话做出回应，杰拉拜就拿着她的沏茶具进了房间。这套东西颇为精致：一个矮腿的锡制托盘，上面一盏酒精灯上吊着一个茶壶。有一个杯子和银制"篮子"，里面盛着沏茶用的茶叶。杰拉拜把托盘放到桌子上，正要再来帮忙沏茶。) 克鲁姆伯爵夫人我来。 杰拉拜好的，夫人。(对塞普蒂莫斯)拜伦勋爵在男仆那里给您留下一封信，先生。 塞普蒂莫斯谢谢你。 (塞普蒂莫斯从托盘上拿起那封信。杰拉拜准备走，克鲁姆伯爵夫人盯着那封信。) 克鲁姆伯爵夫人他什么时候留的？ 杰拉拜走的时候，夫人。 (杰拉拜下。 塞普蒂莫斯把信放进口袋。 ) 塞普蒂莫斯请让我来。 (因为她没反对，他就给她倒了一杯。她接过。) 克鲁姆伯爵夫人我不知道像你这样，收到一封由在这里不受欢迎的人在我家所写的信合不合适。 塞普蒂莫斯很不合适，我同意。拜伦勋爵的不检点给朋友造成了麻烦，而我已经不把自己看是他的朋友。我不会读他的信，直到我步他后尘迈出大门以后。 (对此，克鲁姆伯爵夫人想了一会儿。) 克鲁姆伯爵夫人那也许可以原谅收到信的行为，但还是原谅不了写信的行为。 塞普蒂莫斯夫人您应该生活在伯里克利①时代的雅典！那些哲学家和雕塑家会争着想得到您一小时的空闲时间！ ①伯里克利（约公元前495-前429），古希腊政治家，因为推动了雅典的民主而著名--译注。克鲁姆伯爵夫人(抗议)噢，真是的！……(抗议得没那么激烈)噢，真是的…… (塞普蒂莫斯已从口袋中掏出拜伦那封信，这时在酒精灯的小火苗上点着一角。噢……真是的…… 塞普蒂莫斯手里的信烧了起来，他丢下信，让它在金属托盘上燃完。 ) 塞普蒂莫斯就是这样--拜伦勋爵写的一封信，不会有一个人读到。夫人，您什么时候让我走，我就走。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人去西印度群岛？ 塞普蒂莫斯西印度群岛！Why? 克鲁姆伯爵夫人跟随查特家的啊，当然。她没跟你说吗？ 塞普蒂莫斯我跟她只说过五六句话。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人我想她是不想浪费时间。查特家的跟布赖斯上校坐船走了。 塞普蒂莫斯噢，作为船员吗？ 克鲁姆伯爵夫人不是，作为查特先生的太太，查特先生是我弟弟这次考察中的植物收集者。 塞普蒂莫斯我知道他根本不是个诗人，可我还不知道他的伪装之下是植物学呢。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人他也根本算不上是个植物学家。我弟弟给了他五十镑让他出版诗集，他还要付一百五十镑让查特先生在西印度群岛采集开花植物，为期一年，而他妻子在上校的住处当主妇。布赖斯上校对查特太太用情专一，为了带她上路，他不惜欺骗海军部、林奈学会①和皇家植物园的植物学家约瑟夫·班克斯先生。 ①林奈学会为1829年成立于英国伦敦的一个生物学学会，其名称来自伟大的瑞典籍博物学家卡洛鲁斯·林奈(1707-1778)--译注。塞普蒂莫斯查特太太对他可不是用情专一。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人这是上帝的幽默感中的缺点，他把我们的心灵导向四方，可就是不导向应该获得那些心灵的地方。 塞普蒂莫斯确实，夫人。(顿了一下)不过查特先生上当了吗？ 克鲁姆伯爵夫人是他坚持要去，并且他在为自己妻子的德行辩护时，发现了这些德行的证据。布赖斯上校没有上当，可就是控制不了自己。他愿意为她而死。 塞普蒂莫斯我想，夫人，他愿意让查特先生为她而死。 克鲁姆伯爵夫人确实，我还没见过哪个女人值得决斗，或者反过来说也行。你写给我的信和你对查特太太的作为很矛盾，霍奇先生。我有过在墨迹未干时就遭到背叛的经历，但是在笔甚至还没蘸上墨水时就被背叛，并且弄得沸沸扬扬的，这还是头一遭呢，这种表现我该怎么看？ 塞普蒂莫斯夫人，我当时正一个人在凉亭里想事，查特太太把我扑倒在地上，当时，我正处于热情洋溢和欲望不得发泄的痛苦中-- 克鲁姆伯爵夫人呵……！ 塞普蒂莫斯我昏了头，想到查特家的在用裙子蒙住头时，可以让我有短暂的幻觉，享受到那种我不敢面对的幸福。 (There is a brief silence.)