Bacacay
“I flatter myself that perhaps a certain loftiness I am sometimes capable of manifesting in favorable circumstances, a deeper gaze, and a certain sense of idealism, had captured for me the fastidious affections of the countess. For ever since I was a child I felt myself to be a thinking reed and I was marked by a fondness for sublime matters; I often spend long hours discussing beautiful and exalted topics.
Thus, disinterested curiosity, nobility of thought, a romantic, aristocratic, idealistic ...disposition of mind rather anachronistic in today’s times gained me, I believe, access to the countess’ petits fours and to her extraordinary Friday dinners. Because the countess was one of those higher women—on the one hand evangelical, on the other a Renaissance spirit—she sponsored charitable raffles, and at the same time worshipped the muses. She was admired for her many humanitarian activities—her charity teas and artistic afternoons, in which she took part like some Medici, were widely known—and simultaneously there was the alluring exclusivity of the smaller salon in her palace, in which the countess received only a small handful of truly intimate and trusted guests.MoreLess
Thus, disinterested curiosity, nobility of thought, a romantic, aristocratic, idealistic ...disposition of mind rather anachronistic in today’s times gained me, I believe, access to the countess’ petits fours and to her extraordinary Friday dinners. Because the countess was one of those higher women—on the one hand evangelical, on the other a Renaissance spirit—she sponsored charitable raffles, and at the same time worshipped the muses. She was admired for her many humanitarian activities—her charity teas and artistic afternoons, in which she took part like some Medici, were widely known—and simultaneously there was the alluring exclusivity of the smaller salon in her palace, in which the countess received only a small handful of truly intimate and trusted guests.MoreLess
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