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Plate II · iii · b · The Village

Giverny

One entry, an hour and a quarter from Paris, and I have not been — which I have dressed up as taste for rather too long.

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A narrow Norman village lane at dusk, rendered walls and shuttered windows under bare trees
Plate II · iii · b · The Eure valley

A house I have declined to visit on the grounds that too many other people want to, which is not a reason, only a habit.

A day, properly arranged
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Written as a plan. Nothing above has happened yet.

The entries

One entry, and it is still hollow.
A still pond under willows at dusk, dense reflections and deep shadow
The water garden · not yet seen

A garden made to be looked at from one or two exact positions, which is the part I expect to enjoy and the part the coaches make impossible.

INTENDED, EARLY MAY
Still on the list in Giverny
Everything here, in fact. Kept so I cannot quietly forget it.
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Notes for the village

I have not been, so there will be no account of the light on the water or how long the rooms take. Those are the details one invents, and this directory does not invent.

The reason it is kept is straightforward enough: a painter's house and the garden he built to have something to paint, which is a rarer arrangement than it sounds. Most artists' houses hold the work. This one holds the subject.

The plan, when I finally make it, is the first admission of the day in early May, out from Paris on the Rouen line and back before lunch. Until then this is an intention with a plate number, and the standing below says so.

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