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Excerpt from Legend
Does it matter? What does it matter? Laughing a little as she says it. Then I laugh too, because Anita knows all about the portrait. After all, does it matter? Does it matter what Anita says and does and writes? And why should I of all people grudge Anita her success? Honestly, I don't. And I don't doubt that the book is well written not that I shall read it. There's no need I know exactly what she will have written I know how convincing it will be. But it won't be true. It won't be Madala Grey. Of course Anita would say My dear Jenny, what do you know about it? You never even met her. You heard us, her friends, her intimates, talking about her for - how long? An hour? Two hours? And on the strength of that - that eaves-dropping five years ago (i can hear the nip in her voice still) you are so amusing as to challenge my personal knowledge of my dearest friend. Possibly you contemplate writing the story of Madala Grey yourself? If so, pray send me a copy.' And then the swish of her skirt. She always wore trains in those days, and she always glided away before one could answer. But I could answer. I remember that evening so well. I don't believe I've forgotten a word or a movement, and if I could only write it down, those two hours would tell, as Anita's book never will, the story of Madala Grey. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
