Annin plán / Ludovica treba posúriť

14.08.2021

No tak tohle bylo jednoduše skvělé, vůbec nechápu, jak si mě Montgomery dokáže tak získat pro nové postavy v tak málo slovech. Epizody kde si Anne hraje na dohazovačku patří mezi mé nejoblíbenější, takže se mi nutně musela líbit i tahle povídka. Pravda je celkem jednoduchá a nepřináší nic, co už bychom neviděli v románech, přesto to byl moc příjemný návrat do... Graftonu.

"If Ludovic could be hurried up, I'm not the one to do it. I'm too shy. It sounds ridiculous to hear a woman of my age and inches say that, but it is true. Of course, I know it's the only way any Speed ever did make out to get married. For instance, there's a cousin of mine married to Ludovic's brother. I don't say she proposed to him out and out, but, mind you, Anne, it wasn't far from it. I coudn't do anything like that. I did try once. When I realized that I was getting sere and mellow, and all the girls of my generation were going off on either hand, I tried to give Ludovic a hint. But it stuck in my throat. And now I don't mind. If I don't change Dix to Speed until I take the initiative, it will be Dix to the end of life. Ludovic doesn't realize that we are growing old, you know. He thinks we are giddy young folks yet, with plenty time before us. That's the Speed failing. They never find out they're alive until they're dead."