Vladimir Nabokov. La visita al museo
Vladimir Nabokov. THE VISIT TO THE MUSEUM
"All this is delightful," said M. Godard. "The only thing is, you arc-mistaken—there is no such picture in our museum."
"What do you mean there is no such picture? I have just seen it! Portrait of a Russian Nobleman by Gustave Leroy."
"We do have one Leroy," said M. Godard when he had leafed through an oilcloth notebook and his black fingernail had stopped at the entry in question. "However, it is not a portrait but a rural land scape: The Return of the Herd.'"
I repeated that I had seen the picture with my own eyes five minutes before and that no power on earth could make me doubt its existence.