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tainly not true either of himself or Mr Dupper。 He could think of no greater happiness than to be allowed to sit behind a curtain and hear them talk。 Even the imagination of that bold and various discourse made the memory of what he and his courtier friends used to talk about—a dog; a horse; a woman; a game of cards—seem brutish in the extreme。 He bethought him with pride that he had always been called a scholar; and sneered at for his love of solitude and books。 He had never been apt at pretty phrases。 He would stand stock still; blush; and stride like a grenadier in a ladies’ drawing–room。 He had twice fallen; in sheer abstraction; from his horse。 He had broken Lady Winchilsea’s fan once while making a rhyme。 Eagerly recalling these and other instances of his unfitness for the life of society; an ineffable hope; that all the turbulence of his youth; his clumsiness; his blushes; his long walks; and his love of the country proved that he himself belonged to the sacred race rather than to the noble—was by birth a writer; rather than an aristocrat—possessed him。 For the first time since the night of the great flood he was happy。
He now missioned Mr Isham of Norfolk to deliver to Mr Nicholas Greene of Clifford’s Inn a document which set forth Orlando’s admiration for his works (for Nick Greene was a very famous writer at that time) and his desire to make his acquaintance; which he scarcely dared ask; for he had nothing to offer in return; but if Mr Nicholas Greene would condescend to visit him; a coach and four would be at the corner of Fetter Lane at whatever hour Mr Greene chose to appoint; and bring him safely to Orlando’s house。 One may fill up the phrases which then followed; and figure Orlando’s delight when; in no long time; Mr Greene signified his acceptance of the Noble Lord’s invitation; took his place in the coach and was set down in the hall to the south of the main building punctually at seven o’clock on Monday; April the twenty–first。
Many Kings; Queens; and Ambassadors had been received there; Judges had stood there in their ermine。 The loveliest ladies of the land had e there; and the sternest warriors。 Banners hung there which had been at Flodden and at Agincourt。 There were displayed the painted coats of arms with their lions and their leopards and their coros。 There were the long tables where the gold and silver plate was stood; and there the vast fireplaces of wrought Italian marble where nightly a whole oak tree; with its million leaves and its nests of rook and wren; was burnt to ashes。 Nicholas Greene; the poet stood there now; plainly dressed in his slouched hat and black doublet; carrying in one hand a small bag。
That Orlando as he hastened to greet him was slightly disappointed was inevitable。 The poet was not above middle height; was of a mean figure; was lean and stooped somewhat; and; stumbling over the mastiff on entering; the dog bit him。 Moreover; Orlando for all his knowledge of mankind was puzzled where to place him。 There was something about him which belonged neither to servant; squire; or noble。 The head with its rounded forehead and beaked nose was fine; but the chin receded。 The eyes were brilliant; but the lips hung loose and slobbered。 It was the expression of the face—as a whole; however; that was disquieting。 There was none of that stately posure which makes the faces of the nobility so pleasing to look at; nor had it anything of the dignified servility of a well–trained domestic’s face; it was a face seamed; puckered; and drawn together。 Poet though he was; it seemed as if he were more used to scold than to flatter; to quarrel than to coo; to scramble than to ride; to struggle than to rest; to hate than to love。 This; too; was shown by the quickness of his movements; and by something fiery and suspicious in his glance。 Orlando was somewhat taken aback。 But they went to dinner。
Here; Orlando; who usually took such things for granted; was; for the first time; unaccountably ashamed of the number of his servants and of the splendour of his table。 Stranger still; he bethought him with pride—for the thought was generally distasteful—of that great grandmother Moll who had milked the cows。 He was about somehow to allude to this humble woman and her milk–pails; when the poet forestalled him by saying that it was odd; seeing how mon the name of Greene was; that the family had e over with the Conqueror and was of the highest nobility in France。 Unfortunately; they had e down in the world and done little more than leave their name to the royal borough of Greenwich。 Further talk of the same sort; about lost castles; coats of arms; cousins who were baros in the north; intermarriage with noble families in the west; how some Greens spelt the name with an e at the end; and others without; lasted till the venison was on the table。 Then Orlando contrived to say something of Grandmother Moll and her cows; and had eased his heart a little of its burden by the time the wild fowl were before them。 But it was not until the Malmsey was passing freely that Orlando dared mention what he could not help thinking a more important matter than the Greens or the cows; that is to say the sacred subject of poetry。 At the first mention of the word; the poet’s eyes flashed fire; he dropped the fine gentleman airs he had worn; thumped his glass on the table; and launched into one of the longest; most intricate; most passionate; and bitterest stories that Orlando had ever heard; save from the lips of a jilted woman; about a play of his; another poet; and a critic。 Of the nature of poetry itself; Orlando only gathered that it was harder to sell than prose; and though the lines were shorter took longer in the writing。 So the talk went on with ramifications interminable; until Orlando ventured to hint that he had himself been so rash as to write—but here the poet leapt from his chair。 A mouse had squeaked in the wainscot; he said。 The truth was; he explained; that his nerves were in a state where a mouse’s squeak upset them for a fortnight。 Doubtless the house was full of vermin; but Orlando had not heard them。 The poet then gave Orlando the full story of his health for the past ten years or so。 It had been so bad that one could only marvel that he still lived。 He had had the palsy; the gout; the ague; the dropsy; and the three sorts of fever in succession; added to which he had an enlarged heart; a great spleen; and a diseased liver。 But; above all; he had; he told Orlando; sensations in his spine which defied description。 There was one knob about the third from the top which burnt like fire; another about second from the bottom which was cold as ice。 Sometimes he woke with a brain like lead; at others it was as if a thousand wax tapers were alight and people were throwing fireworks inside him。 He could feel a rose leaf through his mattress; he said; and knew his way almost about London by the feel of the cobbles。 Altogether he was a piece of machinery so finely made and curiously put together (here he raised his hand as if unconsciously; and indeed it was of the finest shape imaginable) that it confounded him to think that he had only sold five hundred copies of his poem; but that of course was largely due to the conspiracy against him。 All he could say; he concluded; banging his fist upon the table; was that the art of poetry was dead in England。
How that could be with Shakespeare; Marlowe; Ben Jonson; Browne; Donne; all now writing or just having written; Orlando; reeling off the names of his favourite heroes; could not think。
Greene laughed sardonically。 Shakespeare; he admitted; had written some scenes that were well enough; but he had taken them chiefly from Marlowe。 Marlowe was a likely boy; but what could you say of a lad who died before he was thirty? As for Browne; he was for writing poetry in prose; and people soon got tired of such conceits as that。 Donne was a mountebank who wrapped up his lack of meaning in hard words。 The gulls were taken in; but the style would be out of fashion twelve months hence。 As for Ben Jonson—Ben Jonson was a friend of his and he never spoke ill of his friends。
No; he concluded; the great age of literature is past; the great age of literature was the Greek; the Elizabethan age was inferior in every respect to the Greek。 In such ages men cherished a divine ambition which he might call La Gloire (he pronounced it Glawr; so that Orlando did not at first catch his meaning)。 Now all young writers were in the pay of the booksellers and poured out any trash that would sell。 Shakespeare was the chief offender in this way and Shakespeare was already paying the penalty。 Their own age; he said; was marked by precious conceits and wild experiments—neither of which the Greeks would have tolerated for a moment。 Much though it hurt him to say it—for he loved literature as he loved his life—he could see no good in the present and had no hope for the future。 Here he poured himself out another glass of wine。
Orlando was shocked by these doctrines; yet could not help observing that the critic himself seemed by no means downcast。 On the contrary; the more he denounced his own time; the more placent he became。 He could remember; he said; a night at the Cock Tavern in Fleet Street when Kit Marlowe was there and some others。 Kit was in high feather; rather drunk; which he easily became; and in a mood to say silly things。 He could see him now; brandishing his glass at the pany and hiccoughing out; ‘Stap my vitals; Bill’ (this was to Shakespeare); ‘there’s a great wave ing and you’re on the top of it;’ by which he meant; Greene explained; that they were trembling on the verge of a great age in English literature; and that Shakespeare was to be a poet of some importance。 Happily for himself; he was killed two nights later in a drunken brawl; and so did not live to see how this prediction turned out。 ‘Poor foolish fellow;’ said Greene; ‘to go and say a thing like that。 A great age; forsooth—the Elizabethan a great age!’
‘So; my dear Lord;’ he continued; settling himself fortably in his chair and rubbing the wine–glass between his fingers; ‘we must make the best of it; cherish the past and honour those writers—there are still a few of ‘em—who take antiquity for their model and write; not for pay but for Glawr。’ (Orlando could have wished him a better accent。) ‘Glawr’; said Greene; ‘is the spur of noble minds。 Had I a pension of three hundred pounds a year paid quarterly; I would live for Glawr alone。 I would lie in bed every morning reading Cicero。 I would imitate his style so that you couldn’t tell the difference between us。 That’s what I call fine writing;’ said Greene; ‘that’s what I call Glawr。 But it’s necessary to have a pension to do it。’
By this time Orlando had abandoned all hope of discussing his own work with the poet; but this mattered the less as the talk now got upon the lives and characters of Shakespeare; Ben Jonson; and the rest; all of whom Greene had known intimately and about whom he had a thousand anecdotes of the most amusing kind to tell。 Orlando had never laughed so much in his life。 These; then; were his gods! Half were drunken and all were amorous。 Most of them quarrelled with their wives; not one of them was above a lie or
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