Friday, August 12, 2011
Writer's block, what should I do?
I was born in Dijon, my ancestors were lawyers here for generations, but I entered the church and became an ecclesiastic. I studied theology in Paris, where my mentor, Nicolas Cornet, introduced me to the H�tel de Rambouillet, where I met many prominent persons. I have a talent to talk, and to talk well, so my preaching became widely popular and I made a good career out of it. Among the prominent person I met, was a young and pretty Englishwoman, who came from an important English family, and married a prominent Frenchman, her name was Henrietta. She was good looking, well educated, and did a lot for charity. At first, we met because of her religion (she was a Catholic, I was a Catholic priest), but soon we became good friends. I was really devastated, when she died, suddenly, at the age of 26, from gastroenteritis. She left two lovely daughters behind, Marie Louise and Anne Marie, and a grieving husband. She requested a Catholic funeral, and I, the best preacher in Paris, was asked to preach a funeral oration. And, I, usually so eloquent, I am lost. The truth is, I can stop crying, thinking about her. I did write some passages, like: "Madame se meurt ! Madame est morte!" and " Au premier bruit d'un mal si �trange, on accourut � Saint-Cloud de toutes parts ; on trouve tout constern�, except� le coeur de cette princesse." But, above them, I am lost, yet preach I must. What should I do?
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