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... Until last summer, another pride of the quarter was Nuncha, a seller of vegetables, the most cheerful person in the world and the first beauty of our corner, the sun always remains a little longer than other parts of the city. The fountain, of course, has survived to the present day, as always; With more and more yellowing time, he will surprise foreigners with his amusing beauty for a long time - marble children do not age and do not get tired in games.
And dear Nuncha, died last summer in the street during a dance - it rarely happens that such a person dies, and this is worth mentioning.
She was too cheerful and sincere woman to live peacefully with her husband; her husband did not understand this for a long time - he shouted, cursed, waved his hands, showed people a knife and once let him in, pierced someone’s side, but such jokes were not liked by the police, and Stefano, after spending a bit in prison, went to Argentina; changing air helps a lot of evil people.
At twenty-three, Nuncha remained a widow with a five-year-old daughter in her arms, with a pair of donkeys, a garden and a cart — a cheerful person needs a little, but that’s enough for her.
She knew how to work, there were many hunters who helped her; when she didn’t have enough money to pay for her work, she paid with laughter, songs and everything else, which is always more valuable than money.
Not all women were happy with her life, and men, of course, not all, but, having an honest heart, she not only did not touch the married, but often even knew how to reconcile them with her wives, she said:
- The one who stopped loving a woman means that he does not know how to love ...
Maksim Gorky. Tales of Italy. Tale 22