Chapter 43 Lakeside
Mr. Wallace, who survived the disaster in Shanghai and was not sure if there was a blessing in the future, was so miserable. In order to relieve its worries, Downing friendly invited him to join them in the Lake District and travel with Hugo, Dumas and others. Of course, Downing's French translation, a die-hard Hugo fan.
Tangning prepared two Leica prototypes and a film with a tube for this trip, and personally conducted simple training for the four people accompanying him, popularizing concepts such as aperture and shutter speed. Of course, he would be responsible for adjusting the parameters. The four people could dial the mechanical pole (the mechanism for turning the film) like fools, and then press the shutter.
The lake area is naturally a lot of lake water. For Downing, who loves lake water and buys a manor by Lake Zurich, the beautiful scenery of more than 30 lakes here may be the most beautiful place in the entire British Isles. "It is like a dressing fairy accidentally pulling off her pearl necklace, and the beautiful black pearls splashed and fell on the ground intermittently, forming these green lakes."
This is also the place where Wordsworth, the British "Poet Lair" lived most of his time. Otherwise, how could the poetry school represented by him be called the "Lakeside School"? His literary status is said to be as famous as Shakespeare. His poem "Darcustard" is particularly famous:
I am like a lonely cloud,
Floating high on hills and valleys,
Suddenly, I saw a group of
Golden daffodils bloom in spring;
Under the shade of trees, by the lake,
They play with the wind and sway with the wind.
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Continuous, like the stars,
Shining in the Milky Way,
They follow the edge of the lake bay
Extend into an endless line;
I saw ten thousand flowers at a glance.
Ups and downs in the dance.
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The waves of the lint lake are also dancing happily nearby.
But it is not as light as this daffodil dances;
The poet meets this happy travel companion,
How can you not feel happy?
I stared at it for a long time—but I didn’t understand it;
This scene gives me the spiritual treasure.
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How many times later, I lie alone in depression?
The mind is empty, or the mind is silent,
They often flash in the heart, comforting my loneliness many times;
So my heart is filled with happiness and happiness again,
Dancing with the daffodils.
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The shore of Grassmere Lake, where Wordsworth has lived for many years, is their key destination. It is sunrise in the east and clouds in the west, and the autumn wind is dyed with a little bright color on the lakeside. The trees on the lakeside are like beautiful women with light makeup, emitting a faint fragrance of leaves. Free-range poultry is pecking on the grass, and there are yellow oxes and flower oxes not far away, chewing grass calmly, looking so lazy and leisurely. What a beautiful scene of a farmhouse, Tangning caught several pictures of the scenery.
Hugo was the spiritual leader of the French Republicans who were proud of fighting and often advocated violent overthrow of the ****. However, with the support of the Telegram King who was sitting in the mountains of gold and silver, the Republicans united the Republicans to have whatever they wanted. The London cultural circle envied them. They were very polite to the Republicans who were exiled in London. This faction was in luxury cars and ate food in scenic spots. In this picturesque scenery, the fighting faction was softened.
In fact, in the French world, a consensus has been formed. The Telegraph King joins the Republicans to fight against the Rothschild financial family and the French dictator Louis Napoleon. However, Downing rarely expresses his views on politics directly. You see, he doesn't even appear in court when he is prosecuted, and he is so low-key that he is out of tune.
The small villa Wordsworth lived in is called "Pigal House". Of course, he has been dead for two years, and the current owner doesn't know who it is. No matter what, Tangning sent a small translator to explore the road. It would be best if the group could live in the Pigeal House to show their remembrance of the great poet.
After a while, the translator came back, and the master seemed to come out, and was so enthusiastic. The translation introduced the master: "The Prose Thomas De Quincy." This essayist has been famous for twenty years and his famous work is "The Confession of an English Opium Sucker". In addition to admiring Hugo and Dumas, the reputation of the Telegraph King is also one of the reasons for his hospitality. The Telegraph King is also a pioneer in opposition to opium smoking and has a common language with him.
So several people happily went to the pigeon house to sit in the house, and the guests were full of guests. De Quincy had a 24-year-old son Paul served in India. Thanks to the telegraph king for his great achievements, so that De Quincy, who was nearly 80 years old, could keep in touch with his son often. Wallace said: "I'll take a picture of you. In a few months, I'll go to the Straits Colony, and I can bring it to your son by myself."
This is a color photo, and of course De Quincy asked to send him one.
Since the old man De Quincy is quite famous in opposition to opium, Downing said: "I want to build an opium withdrawal sanatorium nearby. Will Mr. De Quincy help organize the program?"
Yes, anyway, the old man is idle, so it’s fine to ask his children to help him. Can you still suffer a loss when helping the Telegram King do things? Of course, the King is now in a lawsuit, and it seems that there are big problems with the Telegram Company. The old man said wherever he thought of it and asked about the lawsuit.
Tangning said despisedly: "Lionel...I won't slander him anymore. Anyway, let's say that, the British Telegraph's parts factory, including batteries, inks, paper tapes, and typewriters, are all produced by factories that I completely control. As long as I increase the profits of these parts, I can't lose much money. I don't care about the tickets at all, let alone the British Steel Company and the Round Table Knight Bicycle Company, which are lucrative companies. In the end, if I get impatient, I will set up a telegraph company by myself, because the patents of the wireless telegraph are still in my hands, and I have a way out. These patents can be authorized to the new factory. Once the new company is released, BT will wait for bankruptcy. I will leave Lionel particles without collection."
Chapter completed!