![]() ![]() To extricate himself from that awkward situation, Turpin threw the ring into Lake Constance. As soon as he took possession of it, Charlemagne hastened to have the corpse buried and directed his love toward the person of the archbishop. Hidden beneath the dead tongue he found a gemstone ring. Archbishop Turpin, alarmed by this morbid passion and suspecting some enchantment, decided to examine the corpse. The emperor had the embalmed body brought to his chamber and refused to leave its side. When the girl suddenly died, the dignitaries sighed with relief - but only briefly, for Charlemagne’s love did not die with the girl. The court barons were dismayed to see that their sovereign, overcome by ardent desire and forgetful of royal dignity, was neglecting imperial affairs. Late in life the emperor Charlemagne fell in love with a German girl. ![]() The following is from his essay on “Quickness.” It is translated from the Italian by Geoffrey Brock. ![]() At the time of his death, Italo Calvino was at work on six lectures setting forth the qualities in writing he most valued, and which he believed would define literature in the century to come. ![]()
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