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Then came the first World War. It tore through Rilke like a tank through a cobweb. Not until 1922 did Rilke give tongue again. In less than three weeks of tremendous effort at the Château de Muzot, near Sierre, Switzerland, he wrote the Sonnets to Orpheus and completed the Duino Elegies, a series of ten long poems starred ten years before at Duino Castle on the Adriatic...
Playboy. Most of his time he spent at Cannes, on the French Riviera, where he had bought the palatial Château de Thorenc (reported purchase price: $250,000). In his garage were a pale blue Lincoln convertible, a black Citroen limousine, a blue Simca "Gordoni" one-seat racer, a sleek Italian two-seater, a Simca-8 sports model. He also kept several motorcycles. He insisted that every engine run "as accurately as a watch...
...grandfather had 125 wives and 300 children," Bao Dai once remarked to a journalist. "I have a few mistresses. What then?") He played golf capably and bridge like a master. A crack shot with rifle or revolver, he often arranged target competitions with the château's servants...
Behind him, at the Château de Thorenc, he left Empress Nam Phuong and their family of two boys and three girls...
Turk Broder, star defenseman of the freshman lacrosse teau, was struck in the eye with a ball in the closing minutes of practice yesterday, and will be out of action indefinitely. He was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital, where his condition was described as good. The Yardlings play Tufts at Medford at 3 p.m. today, and meet Tabor, Broder's old team, on the Business School field tomorrow...