TABOO: THE ACTUAL MODERNIST AESTHETIC, MADE REAL A ...

Do come, do come. I can see us at Breakfast splitting a fig,
muttering over the foulness of the tea (chose que je fais seule a
present). Now and then a scandal will raise our laughter; there will
be hours devoted to the 2 typewriters. Do come…
I feel so ill in the mornings, so exhausted most of the time; arrivez
me tenir compaignie – come as soon as you get this – documents
abound in Italy you know – you can refresh (!) yourself amongst
them after having seen the Princess Volupines floating, and
dancing. 14
On October the 11 th she asks Pound for more information about Malatesta:
Ah dearie me – will a 50 th century Ezra look into our lives and
wash-list do you think? You told me much too little of the plan of
Sigismondo – give me a very clear idea of its shape and portent,
and intent. Isotta? And her blue gown, and the intended poisoning.
Cunard is already working on gathering information about Sigismondo and Isotta
as well as other figures like Alberti, the artist Malatesta hired to renovate his temple.
Another letter begins:
Wed
Ezra.
You now have an enemy in Venice! or rather I have one for
you. Went to [Ongavia] at once, and stuffy they were indeed. The
man took your letter from me, I pointing out the names merely, and
read a line or two previous before he could be stopped _ _ ―The
bruites‖ says he, ―oo are the bruites, hein?‖ it was a good moment.
And they had no historical catalogue, nor anything else (I will go
elsewhere now) and all the information was that Alberti was an
architect.
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