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At the beginning of 1824, Paganini found the "final destination" of life, and Paganini welcomed the only offspring in his life, his son Achille. The arrival of his son www.biquge.info Paganini felt the warmth of life, but the musician who was free by nature could not live in a conformist married life, and he longed for unfettered freedom.

After only 3 years of warm family life, Paganini broke off the marriage contract with his wife, paid his wife a lump sum of 2,000 gold coins, and kept his son by his side to take care of him. Paganini's relationship with his parents had long since broken down due to financial disputes, and according to the agreement, he paid them 20,000 lira a year in alimony.

Regained his freedom, Paganini asked a doctor to heal his wounds, while frantically chasing all kinds of noblewomen and celebrities. The women were fascinated by Paganini's "Caprice" and were happy to play with the legend. Of course, Paganini's staggering wealth is also a big part of what attracts them.

In the summer of 1831, Paganini came to England on tour. After his first show at London's King's Theatre on June 3, he went on to tour the British Isles, netting £16,000. £16,000, good guys! That's a huge amount at the time. With this money, he was able to buy a nice big house in Parma, in northern Italy.

During his stay in London, Paganini also generously agreed to teach in the homes of nobles, and instructed his students carefully and carefully for long periods of time. But he also rudely refused George IV's invitation to play at the palace. His Majesty invited Paganini to play at Windsor Castle in the evening, offering to pay him a modest honorarium. Paganini replied that His Majesty could buy tickets for any row of seats in the pool of the London Opera House, so that His Majesty could save more money. Probably only this ignorant violinist dared to mock the king of the British Empire so arrogantly.

A few days before he was about to leave London and return to Paris, he stayed at a hotel in the heart of London called Victoria's House. It's a hostel that's not too big and not too small. But the hostel is cosy and cozy. Moreover, what impressed Paganini the most was the beautiful and lovely daughter of the innkeeper, Mr. Lemont. The girl was only 16 years old, and her name was Elisabeth, who was not only charming and delicate, but also had a natural good voice, and her singing voice was as beautiful and melodious as a nightingale in the Syracusa forest in Sicily, Italy.

The girl came to Paganini's room whenever she had free time, listened to him play the harp, sang for him, and showed infinite adoration and admiration for him. On one occasion, the girl told him about her misfortune, when he told him that his father had divorced his mother and had married his stepmother, Lady Briffine. And Mrs. Brephanie is like the Lady Temani in "Cinderella", a narrow-minded stepmother who does not know how to tolerate, and is hostile to her who is not related by blood, and makes things difficult and difficult everywhere. And her father not only failed to protect her, but also listened to her stepmother and often scolded and reprimanded her. So, she felt that she couldn't stay in this house for a day. As he spoke, he began to cry sadly.

Seeing the innocent, weak, and lovable Elizabeth crying like this, how could Paganini, as a lover, not pity the jade for this, and be euphemistic? He wiped his tears for the girl he loved, and thought of ways to comfort her. But no matter how much he comforted her, she was not happy. It was only when the girl's request that he take her with him to leave England and teach English to others in France was accepted by him, that the girl slowly became happy.

Paganini has been pursued and loved by countless women throughout his life, and in his mind he always felt that he was easily admired and loved by women. Therefore, he immediately confessed to the girl that he was willing to bring her to Boulogne, France to live with him and build a love nest together. Because he was already in love with her the first time he saw her.

Seeing that Elizabeth was happy, Paganini played a capriccio. And the energetic girl danced happily on the spot. While they were rejoicing together, the girl's father, Mr. Lemont, came into the house. As soon as the girl saw her father coming, she hurriedly stopped and hurried away.

Then Monsieur Lemont said to Paganini, "Dear great musician, I am coming to borrow money from you again. ”

Paganini was stunned and asked, "What's the matter? This is the fourth time you've borrowed money from me." ”

Lemont smiled and said, "The little money I borrowed from you is only one percent or one thousandth of what my husband earned in England." Moreover, the money is even an advance payment for your food and lodging with me. ”

Paganini didn't like the kind of Lemont, and if he hadn't wanted to see Elizabeth, he wouldn't have lived here a long time ago. So he asked, "Why are you borrowing money again, how much are you borrowing?"

"You can lend me £50," said Lemont, "and I want to buy my beautiful daughter a beautiful dress." Her dress is already a little old, don't you think she would be prettier in a beautiful dress?"

Paganini nodded and said, "Yes, you should have done this a long time ago. Elizabeth was young and beautiful, and she had a good figure, so she deserved to dress better and prettier. With that, Paganini offered 50 pounds to Lemont.

However, Lemont did not buy Elizabeth a dress. Paganini, on the other hand, was eager to buy her a beautiful dress, but he was afraid that it would make Mr. Lemont suspect that he had a bad idea of his daughter. The day before he was to leave, he had made an appointment for Elizabeth to come over and discuss the matter of taking her out of London with him to-morrow. But Elizabeth did not come, so he knocked on the door next door. At this time, he heard Elizabeth's low cry. It turned out that she had another quarrel with her father, because her face was full of tears, and she was embarrassed to come to see him. Moreover, he knew that when she was sad, it was not easy to discuss such a thing with her. So, I wanted to wait until she was in a better mood in the evening to talk to her.

In the evening, Elizabeth suddenly disappeared. Her father asked for help to inquire and search everywhere, but he still couldn't find it. So, he went to the police station and reported it. Paganini had no choice but to leave the inn alone, but he had left Elizabeth the address of the correspondence, and it would not be difficult for her to come to him if she really wanted to.

Paganini arrived at the port to take the ferry back to France. As he was about to board the ship, a middle-aged man named Henry, who had stayed at the Victoria House Inn, suddenly came over with a girl. The sobbing girl took her handkerchief from her eyes and threw herself down in front of Paganini, saying, "Sir, help me!" and she took him by the hands and pleaded.

As soon as Paganini looked at Elizabeth, he said, "Don't cry, Miss. ”

Then Mr. Henry said to him, "Mr. Paganini, help this girl." She has been suffering from her parents' anger at home, and she can't stand it anymore. You want me to take her away, but I think I have trouble helping her, so I beg you to take her to France. ”

When Paganini saw Elizabeth's pitiful appearance, she naturally remembered the scene of her being abused by her parents at home, and she couldn't help but feel moved, so she asked, "Where have you been, your father has sent people to look for you everywhere, and he has gone to the police station to report it." ”

The poor girl said, "I don't want to be with them anymore, I can't stand it anymore." Will you, sir, take me to France?"

Paganini looked at the girl, then at Henry, and said, "Well, don't worry, I'll take care of you." So saying, he asked Monsieur Bovary, who was with him, to buy a ticket for the girl. After buying a ticket, Paganini took Elizabeth with him.

I thought that as soon as the ship sailed, I would be able to bring the young and beautiful Elizabeth to France and make her his beloved little lover. However, what he did not expect was that Mr. Lemont suddenly got on the boat with two policemen and found them. And with Henry by his side. Paganini immediately suspected that Henry had betrayed them.

As soon as Mr. Lemont saw Paganini, he pointed at him and said to the police, "He is the one who abducted my daughter." ”

The policeman said to Paganini, "Sir, you are suspected of abducting Mr. Lemont's daughter, please come with us to the police station." ”

Paganini immediately defended, "I did not abduct your daughter, it was Mr. Henry who brought her just now. She said she couldn't stand the abuse of her parents and begged me to take her to France. Otherwise, you can ask Mr. Henry. ”

By this time, however, Mr. Henry was nowhere to be seen. There was no way, Paganini let the girl make her own statement. But Elizabeth just cried vigorously and said nothing. So, the police didn't listen to him much, so they took him and the girl to the police station.

At the police station, Lemont pointed to Paganini and said, "This great musician is of bad character and bad deeds, and we have provided him with comfortable and comfortable accommodations, and he has promised to give us a reward of four thousand pounds, and to give Miss Elizabeth a diamond tiara and a diamond necklace." But instead of paying us a reward, Monsieur Paganini took revenge, and abducted my daughter to flee London to France. ”

Paganini defended himself, saying, "I did not interfere in their affairs, nor did I plot to run away from home with Elizabeth and escape London. But before I got on the boat, Mr. Henry brought Elizabeth to me for help. Shall I ignore her in spite of the condemnation of my conscience? She sincerely asked for my help, and I never persuaded her to run away from home, nor did I ask her to go with me anywhere. ”

The police, however, trusted the citizens of the British Empire more, and the newspapers in London played up Paganini's reenactment of the same ugly drama he had staged at Vienna. He had the same scandal back then. If the fact that he abducted the maiden is true. Then he will not only have to pay a large sum of money to Mr. Lemont, but he will even have to go to jail. Fortunately, his entourage, Monsieur Bovary, investigated and found evidence that could reveal that Lemont and Henry had conspired to extort Paganini. A note was written with the proportions and agreement of Lemont and Henry to divide the spoils after the deed was completed. He handed the note to the police station. But Mr. Lemont firmly refused to admit it, and Mr. Henry had long since disappeared. So, the police had no choice but to let Paganini go. Lemont had no choice but to lead her daughter home.

Much time had passed, but whenever Paganini remembered the days he had spent at Victoria's House, he couldn't help but think of Miss Elizabeth, "Oh, what a poor and lovely girl she was!" (to be continued). )