" And he could not help laughing."I and Love," he cried, "that would have an absurd look. How thepublic would shout!" "Certainly, you are in love," she continued;and added with a comic pathos, "and I am the person you are in lovewith." You see, such a thing may be said when it is quite out of thequestion- and, indeed, Pulcinella burst out laughing, and gave aleap into the air, and his melancholy was forgotten.
"And yet she had only spoken the truth. He did love her, loveher adoringly, as he loved what was great and lofty in art. At herwedding he was the merriest among the guests, but in the stillnessof night he wept: if the public had seen his distorted face then, theywould have applauded rapturously.
"And a few days ago, Columbine died. On the day of the funeral,Harlequin was not required to show himself on the boards, for he was adisconsolate widower. The director had to give a very merry piece,that the public might not too painfully miss the pretty Columbineand the agile Harlequin. Therefore Pulcinella had to be moreboisterous and extravagant than ever; and he danced and capered,with despair in his heart; and the audience yelled, and shouted"bravo, bravissimo!" Pulcinella was actually called before thecurtain. He was pronounced inimitable.
"But last night the hideous little fellow went out of the town,quite alone, to the deserted churchyard. The wreath of flowers onColumbine"s grave was already faded, and he sat down there. It was astudy for a painter. As he sat with his chin on his hands, his eyesturned up towards me, he looked like a grotesque monument- a Punchon a grave- peculiar and whimsical! If the people could have seentheir favourite, they would have cried as usual, "Bravo, Pulcinella;bravo, bravissimo!""
SIXTEENTH EVENING
Hear what the Moon told me. "I have seen the cadet who had justbeen made an officer put on his handsome uniform for the first time; Ihave seen the young bride in her wedding dress, and the princessgirl-wife happy in her gorgeous robes; but never have I seen afelicity equal to that of a little girl of four years old, whom Iwatched this evening. She had received a new blue dress, and a newpink hat, the splendid attire had just been put on, and all werecalling for a candle, for my rays, shining in through the windows ofthe room, were not bright enough for the occasion, and furtherillumination was required. There stood the little maid, stiff andupright as a doll, her arms stretched painfully straight out away fromthe dress, and her fingers apart; and oh, what happiness beamed fromher eyes, and from her whole countenance! "To-morrow you shall goout in your new clothes," said her mother; and the little one lookedup at her hat, and down at her frock, and smiled brightly. "Mother,"she cried, "what will the little dogs think, when they see me in thesesplendid new things?""
SEVENTEENTH EVENING
"I have spoken to you of Pompeii," said the Moon; "that corpseof a city, exposed in the view of living towns: I know another sightstill more strange, and this is not the corpse, but the spectre of acity. Whenever the jetty fountains splash into the marble basins, theyseem to me to be telling the story of the floating city. Yes, thespouting water may tell of her, the waves of the sea may sing of herfame! On the surface of the ocean a mist often rests, and that isher widow"s veil. The bridegroom of the sea is dead, his palace andhis city are his mausoleum! Dost thou know this city? She has neverheard the rolling of wheels or the hoof-tread of horses in herstreets, through which the fish swim, while the black gondola glidesspectrally over the green water. I will show you the place," continuedthe Moon, "the largest square in it, and you will fancy yourselftransported into the city of a fairy tale. The grass grows rankamong the broad flagstones, and in the morning twilight thousands oftame pigeons flutter around the solitary lofty tower. On three sidesyou find yourself surrounded by cloistered walks. In these thesilent Turk sits smoking his long pipe, the handsome Greek leansagainst the pillar and gazes at the upraised trophies and lofty masts,memorials of power that is gone. The flags hang down like mourningscarves. A girl rests there: she has put down her heavy pails filledwith water, the yoke with which she has carried them rests on one ofher shoulders, and she leans against the mast of victory. That isnot a fairy palace you see before you yonder, but a church: the gildeddomes and shining orbs flash back my beams; the glorious bronze horsesup yonder have made journeys, like the bronze horse in the fairy tale:they have come hither, and gone hence, and have returned again. Do younotice the variegated splendour of the walls and windows?
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