éooliandutinthepokey.Shegotasuspendedsentence,whenManRayarrivedwithfundstopaythefine,amedicalcertificatestatingshewasofnervousdisposition,aersfronandDesnossayingshewasaseriousartist.

    ThereaftersheseemstohavestayedinMontparnassewhere,shewrote,"Peoplearebroadmindedandwherewhatwouldbecrimeelsewhereisjustapeccadillo."Ieryearssheroamedthecafés,singinginacrackedvoidcadgingdrinks.Eveniy,shevisitedelderlyhospitalpatientstthemcheerandwhatgiftsshecouldfind.

    Bytheearly1950sRonaldSearlesketchedherinacafé,adiminishedfigurewithstragglyhairand,worse,terriblythin.Oeeplytednose("Shehadawonderfulseemedtojutoutintospace,"saidAlexanderCalder,whoportrayeditinawiresculpturecalled"KikisNose")suggestedtheformerKiki.In1953,shecollapsedoutsideherflatontherueBreaintheheartofMontparnasse,anddied.

    HercheerfulalityremainedasymbolofthegoldenageofMontparnasse,eventothedistinguishedscholarLeonEdel,biographerofHenryJames,whodescribedhisreturnduringtheliberationin1944toacityofglumdespair."Forabriefmomentthecaféswerefilledwithpeople:IsuddenlyrememberedKikiofMontparhemidstofwar,ihroreet,IcouldsmellchicoryandPernod,thepervasivetabadstalebeer."松语文学Www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读