Vladimir Nabokov. La Veneciana
Vladimir Nabokov. LA VENEZIANA
He had arrived that morning with his friend to vacation at his fa-ther's, and had found Mr. and Mrs. McGore whom he already knew and who had been visiting at the castle for more than a month; the Colonel, inflamed by a noble passion for paintings, willingly forgave McGore his foreign origin, his unsociable nature, and his lack of humor in exchange for the assistance this famous art expert gave him and for the magnificent, priceless canvases he procured. Especially magnificent was the