composer, you know. I'm from a small town. Just like your husband. Are you sure you can't leave this and come back again? It's very tempting, sir. But it's impossible, I'm afraid. Wolfgang would be frantic if he found those were missing. You see, they're all originals. - Originals? - Yes, sir. He doesn't make copies. These... are originals? Astounding. It was actually... It was beyond belief. These were first and only drafts of music. But they showed no corrections of any kind. Not one. He had simply written down music, already finished in his head. Page after page of it. As if he were just taking dictation. And music... finished as no music is ever finished. Displace one note, and there would be diminishment. Displace one phrase, and the structure would fall. It was clear to me. That sound I had heard in the archbishop's palace had been no accident. Here again was the very voice of God. I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink strokes, at an absolute beauty. Is it not good? It is miraculous. Yes, he's very proud of his work. So you will help us? I dine with the emperor tomorrow evening. One word from me and the post is his. Thank you, Your Excellency. Thank you. Come back tonight. - Tonight? - Alone. What for? Some service deserves service in return. No? - What do you mean? - Isn't it obvious? It's a post all Vienna seeks. If you wish it for your husband, come tonight. I'm a married woman, sir. Then don't. It's up to you. And not to be vague, that is the price. There is no God of mercy, Father. Just a God of torture. Evening came. I sat there, not knowing whether she would return or not. I prayed as I had never prayed before. Dear God... enter me now. Fill me with one piece of true music. One piece with your breath in it, so I know that you love me. Show me one sign of your favor, and I will show mine to Mozart. I will get him the royal position. Enter me. Please. Please. Yes? That lady is back, sir. Show her in. Well? I'm here. My husband has gone to a concert. He didn't think I would enjoy it. Well, where shall we go? Should we stay here? Well... Do you still want to look at these? Or don't we need to bother anymore? Suppose we don't, really. Show this woman out. Stanzi. Stanzi. What is it? What's the matter? Tell me. Tell me. I love you. I love you. From now on, we are enemies. You and I. Because you choose for your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile boy, and give me for reward only the ability to recognize the incarnation. Because you are unjust... unfair... unkind... I will block you. I swear it. I will hinder and harm your creature on earth, as far as I`am able. Majesty, I don't like to talk against a fellow musician. Of course not. I have to tell you. Mozart is not entirely to be trusted alone with young ladies. Really? As a matter of fact, one of my own pupils, a very young singer, Maria Theresa Paradis, told me she was... Well... Well, what? Molested, Majesty. Twice, in the course of the same lesson. Sir, there is a Herr Mozart waiting for you in the salon. - Whom did they choose? - Herr Zummer. Herr Zummer? But the man's a fool. He's a total mediocrity. No, no. He has yet to achieve mediocrity. I can't lose this post. I simply can't. Excellency, please. Let's go to the palace. And you can talk to the emperor and tell him that Herr Zummer is an awful choice. He could actually do musical harm to the Princess Elizabeth. Between you and me, no one in the world could do musical harm to the Princess Elizabeth. Look... I must have pupils. Without pupils, I can't manage. You don't mean to tell me that you're living in poverty? No, but I'm broke. Well, how is this possible? You give concerts, don`t you? I hear they`re quite successful. They're stupendously successful. You can't get a seat. The only trouble is no one will hire me. They ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Пропавший без вести 2: Начало на английском - текст Мистер Блисс на английском - текст Идиот на английском - текст Альф на английском - текст Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон. Собака Баскервилей. на английском |