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He greets me. "Ah, ha, so there you are, Mister Philosopher. What are you doing here in this pile of idlers? Are you also wasting time pushing wood around?" That's how people speak contemptuously of chess or checkers. HE GREETS ME OH HA SO THERE YOU ARE MISTER PHILOSOPHER WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN THIS PILE OF IDLERS ARE YOU ALSO WASTING TIME PUSHING WOOD AROUND THAT'S HOW PEOPLE SPEAK CONTEMPTUOUSLY OF CHASER CHECKERS
rn in his eyes, and he'd go back to his meal even more enraged. You were curious to know this man's name, and now you do. He is the nephew of that famous musician who delivered us from the plain song of Lully, which we've been chanting for more than a century, and who wrote so much unintelligible visionary stuff and apocalyptic truths about the theory of music, none of which ever made sense either to him or anyone else. He left us a certain number of operas where there is some harmony, scraps of song, some disconnected ideas, noise, flights, triumphal marches, lances, glories, murmurs, victories that leave one breathless, and dance tunes which will last forever. He buried the Florentine but will now be buried by Italian virtuosi, a fact which he saw coming and which made him gloomy, sad, and surly. For no one, not even a pretty woman who wakes up with a pimple on her nose, is as moody as an author who threatens to outlive his reputation--just look at Marivaux and the younger Crebillon. AMEAU THEN HIS FURY WOULD BURN IN HIS EYES AND HE'D GO BACK TO HIS MEAL EVEN MORE ENRAGED YOU ARE CURIOUS TO KNOW THIS MAN'S NAME AND NOW YOU DO HE IS THE NEPHEW OF THAT FAMOUS MUSICIAN WHO DELIVERED US FROM THE PLAIN SONG OF LULLY WHICH WE'VE BEEN CHANTING FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY AND WHO WROTE SO MUCH UNINTELLIGIBLE VISIONARY STUFF AND APOCALYPTIC TRUTHS ABOUT THE THEORY OF MUSIC NONE OF WHICH EVER MADE SENSE EITHER TO HIM OR ANY ONE ELSE HE LEFT US A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OPERAS WHERE THERE IS SOME HARMONY SCRAPS OF SONG SOME DISCONNECTED IDEAS NOISE FLIGHTS TRIUMPHAL MARCHES GLANCES GLORIES MURMURS VICTORIES THAT LEAVE ONE BREATHLESS AND DANCE TUNES WHICH WILL LAST FOREVER HE BURIED THE FLORENTINE BUT WILL NOW BE BURIED BY ITALIAN VIRTUOSI A FACT WHICH HE SAW COMING AND WHICH MADE HIM GLOOMY SAD AND SURLY FOR NO ONE NOT EVEN A PRETTY WOMAN WHO WAKES UP WITH A PIMPLE ON HER NOSE IS AS MOODY AS AN AUTHOR WHO THREATENS TO OUTLIVE HIS REPUTATION JUST LOOK AT MARAVO AND THE YOUNGER CREBILLON
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