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The ancient had then sat down among the
heather to a great dish of brown and swimming
collops. Personally, as far as my stomach went, I
could not love the deer so much, loved I not on
a moor, with concomitant Spey Royal to drown
the taste. Nor was that likely to happen in this
case. The absence of old friends one can endure
with equanimity. But even a momentary
separation from anyone to whom one has just
been introduced is almost unbearable.
Circumstances, I thought, as I looked over at
the man, alter cases. I would give the rogue a
chance. Have you a good memory? I asked.
Intermittent but long, he answered. That
signed his death warrant. Well, signatures were
his business. The gold was being cleared out of
the light ; the remaining silver was, how shall I
say?, unsatisfactory. I also had flaunted the
panache---it lay at that moment beneath my
lips---to the public without ever having been
satisfied with it.
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Original text:
The ancient had then sat down among the
heather to a great dish of brown and swimming
collops. Personally, as far as my stomach went, I
could not love the deer so much, loved I not on
a moor, with concomitant Spey Royal to drown
the taste. Nor was that likely to happen in this
case. The absence of old friends one can endure
with equanimity. But even a momentary
separation from anyone to whom one has just
been introduced is almost unbearable.
Circumstances, I thought, as I looked over at
the man, alter cases. I would give the rogue a
chance. Have you a good memory? I asked.
Intermittent but long, he answered. That
signed his death warrant. Well, signatures were
his business. The gold was being cleared out of
the light ; the remaining silver was, how shall I
say?, unsatisfactory. I also had flaunted the
panache---it lay at that moment beneath my
lips---to the public without ever having been
satisfied with it.
Italian text: Il vecchio si era poi seduto tra l'erica davanti a un grande piatto di carne scura che nuotava nel sugo. Personalmente, per il mio stomaco, non riuscivo ad apprezzare molto il cervo, né nella brughiera né con lo Spey Royal per camuffare il gusto. Né era possibile che accadesse in questo caso. L'assenza di vecchi amici si può anche sopportare con rassegnazione. Ma la separazione da qualcuno al quale si sia stati appena presentati, per quanto breve, è quasi intollerabile. Mentre guardavo l'uomo pensai che a estremi mali c'erano estremi rimedi. Avrei dato una possibilità a quel furfa nte. << Ha buona memoria ? » chiesi. << lntermittente, ma lunga » rispose. Questo firmò la sua condanna a morte. Be', in fondo, le firme erano il suo lavoro. L'oro si stava ripulendo dalla luce ; l'argento che restava era, come dire, insoddisfacente . L'avevo anche ostentato in pubblico, senza mai trame soddisfazione.