Chapter 27 Part III The Tragedy of Montparnasse

There was a little model in Montparnasse with whom I had a little friendship. She is kind, clean and honest.Unfortunately, however, Germana (Germaine, that's her name) befriended a young prince, Prince B? de P. was related to the royal family.He was tall and thin, handsome and gentle.However, like many young people his age, he was carefree and self-absorbed. That poor little girl foolishly surrendered to him because she loved him!She lost her virginity for him, and at the same time, he impregnated her and gave birth to a child.And then, God, he flew to a new love! He has no money, but he should know very well that spiritual help is very valuable to forget troubles!

In short, the little girl is very courageous, and she is busy with the lives of two people!The common inn does not accept them because of the children.Finally, she found a room in a hotel where people rolled their eyes because she paid a good price. She had no money for a bassinet or other necessities, and her baby slept in a drawer of a cupboard.Poor little thing!How much she suffered!Few of us know how miserable she is, and there is nothing we can do for her!Everyone is afraid that the little guy will suffocate to death in the drawer.That's how it must have happened one night!When she returned home, she found the child very ill, and that night, the child died.She was desperate.All the money she earned was spent on the little guy. For him, she often lacked food and clothing herself!

After the child died, she disappeared, and no one heard of her again. And the prince continued to sow seeds everywhere! He slept with another girl, who was also a model, but not as interesting as the first one.She is lazy and not too clean, she knows very well that he is sick and shouldn't have a baby with him!Her child had always had eye problems, and after a while she had a lump over one of her own eyes, and it got worse.The last time I saw her, she told me that her eye had to be removed as soon as possible or it would infect the other eye. However, she was very happy, poor she naively believed: they will get married and she will be a princess!

He hadn't thought about her for a long time, he was busy conquering other women and sowing new disasters! - This is what love is like - a duel is brewing! I feel something is going to happen! - a duel is brewing! I feel something is going to happen! There are two heads in Montparnasse!One is a famous painter who has his own little court and rules everything like a king. The other is a writer, he can't bear to see someone occupying the mountain as king here! Both were strong, athletic, and gutsy, and neither could tolerate the other. Everyone realized that a tragedy was about to happen, not to mention those partners kept instigating:

"Do you know what Z so-and-so said?... He said you pretended to be a hero, but in fact you were very afraid of him..." As soon as they turned around, they hurried to report to Z: "He's a coward. Let him try! I'll let him go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife." Only a few true friends try to calm down the dispute between two people, because they know that if conflict does break out, everyone will make it difficult. Things still happen. One day I was sitting at the Dome with the painter and some friends.There's a guy next to us who owns a sewing shop on the Rue de Lampole.This person usually likes to get close to artists, and sometimes writes articles, signed "Monpano (Le Montparno)".

Everyone looks down on him a bit, because he is a businessman, not "authentic".Still, he never misses a chance to sit next to us, and is delighted to be considered an artist. We were chatting with the painter that day when his nemesis walked into the Dome. K．Stand up, ready to rush up at any moment.Just as we were about to stop him, his opponent went downstairs to the toilet, looking terribly pale.We were all a little surprised because everyone knew he wasn't a coward!We chatted again, though, without giving it a second thought. After a while, he came upstairs again, carefully holding a big bag in his hand, and he threw the big bag towards the painter with all his might.

However, he missed the target and just hit the smirking face of the sewing shop owner, and the bag split instantly!I don't need to explain what's in it.That smell! ... We only have a vague impression of what happened afterwards!It was almost like an earthquake, tables, chairs, bottles, things flew all over the sky. We all hide under our seats, only two deadly enemies face to face!How they didn't kill each other I don't understand. Finally, when things seemed calmer, we poked our noses out, and there were shards of glass and pieces of wood all over the place.There is still a lot of blood!

Suddenly, everyone saw that the one who was the most... smelly by this incident came out from under the seat! His beard, his fancy tie, and his artist's beret are all messed up! His appearance made everyone burst into laughter, even the two opponents looked at him blankly! Moreover, when he stood up, with a look of extreme disgust on his face, he flicked himself with his fingertips, trying to shake off these generous gifts! The sewing shop owner, he just can't be like everyone else. When he died, we were disgusted again.That's his weirdness! One morning, at nearly six o'clock, everyone was woken up by screams, and the whole road was shaking!My sewing shop owner and artist committed suicide.

Loose cloth overcoats hung on racks at the door of the shop.The blue-purple dead face protruded from above the hanger, dragging its tongue towards everyone!Feet protruded from under the smock and hung among several artificial flowers.He couldn't find a better way to die than to hang like this. At such an early morning, everyone is not in the mood to joke!After all, this kind of thing is not funny!