3847. So it is with colorful rumors and
false information created in the public imagination. It fulfills so many
unconscious needs and desires that it can hardly be corrected by any simple
factual information, even if it was information you could find printed in every
encyclopedia in every library in the world.
3848. After out
painter and our sculptor had passed the church the painter, whom you will
remember was a devout and religious man, began to relate one of the stories he
had heard about the architect Salvino.
3849. The
sculptor, whom you will remember had become alienated from everything Russian,
both artistic and political, listened to the story in silence, and only
indicated his interest by an occasional encouraging grunt, to indicate that he
was attentively listening.
3850. The
sculptor, however, knew that Salvino was a Russian, and he knew it for a fact.
Although he knew Salvino’s history, he deliberately and insidiously allowed the
painter to narrate the story, and made no attempt to interrupt him, or to
correct him.
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