Sublime

Hemingway wrote Perkins from Oak Park that his father had shot himself, leaving a wife, six children, and “damned little money.” His father was the parent Hemingway really cared about. From that day forward his relationship with Perkins deepened. Max became the solid, trustworthy older man in Hemingway’s turbulent life, someone to turn to and rely

Il faisait chaud, mais la ville avait une bonne odeur de fraîcheur matinale et il faisait bon au café.

Il faisait très beau. Les marronniers du Luxembourg étaient en fleur. On ressentait cette agréable impression que procure, de bonne heure, le début d'un jour très chaud.

I asked Ernest about Harold and Pat and he explained that Harold Loeb was Princeton from a very rich New York family, had been on the boxing and wrestling teams in college. He had literary aspirations, even started a little magazine in Paris called Broom. Fiercely devoted to Duff, very jealous of Pat, who alternated weekends with Duff.

Pendant ces trois années, la première passée en voyage, les deux autres à Paris, Robert Cohn eut des amis, Braddocks et moi. Braddocks était son ami littéraire. J'étais son ami de tennis.