Memoirs from Beyond the Grave by François-René de Chateaubriand

Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781681371306
Publisher: New York Review Books
Published: 2017-12-26T05:00:00+00:00

So, Tulloch is in London. He did not become a priest after all. He is married, and his adventures are over, like mine. This letter testifies to the truthfulness of my Memoirs and the fidelity of my memory. Who could have borne witness to an alliance and a friendship formed thirty years ago on the waves, if the other party hadn’t reappeared? But what a mournful and retrograde perspective this letter unfolds before me! In 1822, Tulloch lives in the same city as I do, and on the same street; the door of his house almost faces mine, just as when we met, on the same ship, on the same deck, cabin facing cabin. How many other friends I will never meet again! Every night as he goes to bed, a man can count his losses; it’s only his years that do not leave him, though they pass. When he looks them over and calls them by their names, they respond, “Present!” Not one shirks the call.

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