Ngo-Agasti ophelileyo, u-Jan Amory wayephumle e-Bailey's Beach, iklabhu yelizwe enamaqhuqhuva kodwa ekhethekileyo ejonge i-Atlantic Ocean eNewport, i-RI, xa wayefumana umnxeba ovela kumrhwebi wakhe eMorgan Stanley. Wayefuna ukwazi ukuba ufuna ukwenza ntoni nge-12,000 yeedola eseleyo kwiakhawunti yakhe.
Ishumi elinambini lamawaka eerandi?
Ndandifana, 'Molo? Awudlali?' UNks Amory undixelele kutsha nje ngesidlo sasemini eMediterranée kwi-Second Avenue.
Ndifuna ukufunda ngendlela uNkosazana Amory wayemke ngayo kwi-heiress-malunga-nedolophu entle exabisa malunga ne-10 yezigidi zeedola ekuqaleni kweminyaka yee-1970, kumfazi osisityebi onabayeni abane ababephethe iibhola zokubopha emnyama eNewport ngeminyaka yoo-1980 kunye neye-1990, ukuya Umfazi osakhasayo osondele kwiminyaka yakhe yama-50 osandula ukuthatha umsebenzi wexesha lekhefu ngeedola ezili-10 ngeyure ePenny Whistle Toys kwi-East 91st Street. Ukugqibela kwakhe ukusebenzela umvuzo, wayeneminyaka engama-23.
Ubomi bunomdla, utshilo. Ubomi bunzima. Ndinemali encinci eshiyekileyo. Kodwa amaxabiso am atshintshile. Ayisiyonto yokuba amatheko ayebalulekile kum, kodwa ngoku yile, ‘Ngaba ndizokwazi ukuzondla kunye nezinja?’ Intle kakhulu. Intle kakhulu.
Wayenxibe i-turtleneck emhlophe eshwabeneyo (isicakakazi sasihlamba ngempazamo, watsho) phantsi kwejezi endala ye-cashmere, ibhulukhwe zokudubula kunye nee-Wellies. Iiglasi zelanga ezingabizi kakhulu zitshiphu kumane wakhe omdaka omnyama.
UNks Amory uceba ukufaka isimangalo ngokuchasene noMorgan Stanley kwinto athi ilahleko ye- $ 450,000. Ukwasongela ngokumangalela umntakwabo, uWilliam Rose waseFort Lauderdale, nge-500, 000 yeedola, esithi akazange afumane isabelo sakhe selifa likanina. Umlo wosapho okhokelele kwityala laqala xa uNkosazana Amory wacela uMnu.Rose ukuba aboleke imali engama-50, 000 ngo-Agasti 2002. Ngokweakhawunti yakhe, wamxelela ukuba uza kuchitha iinyanga ezine e-Hazelden eMinnesota. Cinga ngokubonelela ngesibonelelo seenyanga ezingama-2,000.
Ndathi, ‘Yima umzuzu. Esi sivumelwano asisihle kakhulu, utshilo uNkskz Amory.
Ke usongela ukummangalela. Iindaba zoku zifike kwikholamu yeNew York Post kwikholamu yesithandathu ekuqaleni kukaNovemba. Igqwetha lika Mnu.Rose, u-Ronald Weiss wase Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, wacatshulwa esithi UNkosazana Amory wayeyintombazana encinci esisityebi eyayizenzela imali kwaye inengxaki yemichiza.
U-Mme Amory, owathi uthatha kuphela iipilisi zentloko, uceba ukumangalela uMnu Weiss, naye-ngenxa yokuhlambalaza isimilo. Ukuphikisa ibango lakhe lokuba wayenengxaki yeziyobisi, wabiza umhlobo wakhe uGeorge Steinbrenner, kwaye walungiselela ukuba ugqirha waseYankees amnike uvavanyo lweziyobisi. Ngomhla ka-Novemba nge-14, i-Post yaxela ukuba uyigqithile.
Undixelele ukuba nangona efuna ukufumana umyeni onguNombolo 5, abona bantu babalulekileyo ebomini bakhe ngoonyana bakhe ababini. Uthatha iindlela ezihamba ngeendlela ezingaphantsi kunye neebhasi, kwaye uya kuyithengisa idayimani yakhe ephindwe kabini eCarnegie Hill. Uthe ubhala imemo ngesihloko esisebenzayo uJaji Hayi.
Ndiyathandwa okanye ndiyacatshukelwa, utshilo. Ngenxa yokuba ndimnyama okanye ndimhlophe; Andikho phakathi. NdiyiScorpio. Ndiyile nto ndiyiyo. Andizenzi into endingeyiyo. Andizange.
UEdith Piaf wayedlala kwindawo yokutyela. Bekugalela imvula phandle.
Uyazi ukuba yintoni iNew York ngoku? UNks Amory uthe. INew York sisixeko esilusizi esizama nzima kakhulu ukuzihlaziya, kodwa iBotox ayisebenzi. UGiuliani wayezama ukwenza into yokuphakamisa ubuso, kwaye iBloomberg izama ukwenza iBotox-yingxaki leyo.
Uthe ukhetha ukuhlala eNewport kunye nabahlobo bakhe boluntu, abanamagama afana neAuchincloss kunye neSlocum.
Lihlabathi elidala kakhulu, utshilo. Ukuba bayakuthanda-hayi ukuba ungabulala, kodwa ungaphantse wenze nantoni na kwaye baya kukunamathela. Yinto efana neNkosi uLucan eNgilane xa wabulala umongikazi, uyazi, nabo bonke abahlobo bakhe banamathela kuye. Uhlobo lweNewport olufanayo. Abayi kubona nantoni na embi kuwe. Akukholeleki.
UNks Amory wagqitywa nge-steak namaqanda akhe.
Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva koko, ndamkhapha wayokwazisa ethekweni kuMaserati, umenzi weemoto wase-Itali, kwivenkile yokutyela yamaXesha amane. Wayemenyiwe eNewport ngeKrisimesi ukuba ahlale no-Eileen Slocum, u-octogenarian grand dame kunye ne-Republican Party stalwart.
UNkosazana Amory wayelazi inani elilungileyo leendidi zamandla endoda eyalupheleyo ethekweni. Wancokola noMortimer, uRoosevelt noCharles Evans, umzalwana womvelisi waseHollywood uRobert Evans.
Ungumtyholi onjalo, utshilo umnumzana u-Evans ngo-Amory. Enye ongathanda ukuyanga. Kudala ndimazi; watshata nabantu abambalwa endibaziyo. Wonke umntu omaziyo, bayamthanda-ngaphandle kokuba ngabafazi abanomona.
Iindwendwe zingene ngenkani kwigumbi lokutyela leGumbi lokutyela.
Oku kuya kuba liphupha labanqolobi, U-Amory uthe. Kunokubakho ibhombu nangawuphi na umzuzu.
Umfoti kunye nomdlali odlalayo uJohnny Pigozzi batyibilika babulisa.
Ndicinga ukuba uJan ungumfazi obalaseleyo, watsho. Kodwa amashiya akhe ayengcono kwiminyaka engama-20 edlulileyo. Ngoku bakhiwe kakhulu.
Ngaba wayethandana naye?
Hayi, ndandingumntwana omsulwa, watsho. Wayenomdla kakhulu, enomdla kakhulu, kwaye usenjalo. Kodwa wayeshushu kakhulu kwaye enomdla kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo, ngokuqinisekileyo. Ngoku umangalela wonke umntu.
UNks Amory wahleka, kodwa kungekudala wathi uziva ukuba une-claustrophobic kwaye uhlangabezana nento awayibiza ngokuba yiposti – Sept. 11 obandayo.
Wayefuna ukuhamba. Ndihlala ndicinga ukuba abantu bakukhumbula ngakumbi ngokuphuma kwakho kunokungena kwakho, utshilo.
Wajonga amakhulu abantu kwindawo yokutyela.
Lo ngumfanekiso wokufa olindele ukwenzeka, utshilo. Ndiyakuthembisa, kufuneka simke apha. Ukuba awunangxaki, oko kuya kuba kuhle, kuba ndiziva ngathi ndiburger.
Kwi-JG. I-Melon kwi-Third Avenue, uNksz Amory wayala inkunzi yenkomo kunye ne-cheeseburger kwaye wathetha ngobutsha bakhe. Utat'omkhulu wayengumphambukeli waseRussia ongenamali nowenza imali eninzi eManhattan real estate. Utata wakhe wasweleka xa wayenenyanga ezintathu ubudala, nangona wayecinga ukuba utata wakhe omzalayo wayengutata wakhe we-WASP. Ngayiphi na imeko, wakhuliswa njengoJan Golding kwikhaya elingelolakho.
Bonke abahlobo bam abalungileyo baqhula kwaye bathi, 'Ugqibe yonke ingxaki yokuba ngumJuda xa wawungenguye umJuda!' uthe.
Uthe ebengavisisani notata wakhe wesibini, amchaze njengobuthathaka kakhulu kunye nempahla eyolukiweyo yeSeventh Avenue. Unina, watsho, wayenamandla kwaye emhle, kodwa ke wamvumela ukuba aphume ngaphandle kwe-skate-skate. Imidlalo yakhe yamakhadi yayithetha lukhulu kuye kunezinye izinto ezininzi, kodwa oko kwakulungile, U-Amory uthe.
Waphumelela kwiSikolo saseHewitt kwi-East 75th Street. Yayilikhaya lam lesibini, utshilo. Sasiqhele ukuyibonakalisa xa sikhula 'Njengeeklasi zikaNkosazana Hewitt zeedonki ezingenangqondo.'
UNks Amory uthathe inxaxheba kumjikelo wamaqela e-debutante, waphulukana nobuntombi bakhe xa wayeneminyaka eyi-19 kwaye, njengoko u-1967 wafikayo ngaphezulu kweManhattan, wayeyindlalifa entle ye-21 ubudala. ELa Grenouille ngolunye usuku kunye nomama wakhe, wadibana noDel Coleman, umdlali odlala umdlalo oneminyaka engama-48 owayephethe iikhasino zaseLas Vegas. Kwiiveki ezilithoba kamva, babetshatile kwaye bafudukela kwigumbi lokuhlala kwiCarlyle Hotel. Kwiholide yomtshato eMiami, wabamba uMnu Coleman kunye nomnye umfazi. Kwiiveki ezisibhozo kamva, wafumana ulungiso.
Kwasekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1970, wachitha ixesha elininzi eWashington, D.C. wathi uMmeli wase-Iran uzomthumelela i-caviar kunye neebhokisi ezivela eTiffany. Yena kunye nomhlobo ongumfazi bazi uninzi lweeSenethi.
Sasiphakathi kwamaSenethi ngalo lonke ixesha, U-Amory uthe. Uthe wayekhe wadibana ne Washington Post 's Bob Woodward.
UBob wayengoyena mntu ulungileyo, utshilo. Wayeyincamisa kakhulu. Wayengathandani kakhulu; wayenobuchule obuhle. Ndandinomsindo othandana nengqondo yakhe. Wayenovalo-izinto zaziza kwenzeka ngeWatergate. Wayevela nje emtshatweni; Wayenovalo malunga nokufowuna kwakhe nokubonisa. Ndandinohlobo lwe-blonde e-sexy anokubonwa nayo, kodwa andicingi ukuba senze kakhulu. Ungambuza, kodwa andicingi njalo. (UMnu Woodward akazange abuyise umnxeba.)
Uye wathi wayenothando lwentloko kunye nokuqonda kunye noHenry Kissinger.
Wayethandana noNancy, kwaye wathi ndingambona kuphela ukuba ndize eWashington, kuba wayeyihlonipha nyani imbono yokuba wayeyintombazana yakhe eNew York, utshilo uNksz Amory. Kwaye bendihlonipha lonto, nam.
(Mnu. Kissinger khange abuyise umnxeba.)
Kungekudala wadibana nendoda eyayiza kuba ngumyeni onguNombolo 2, umgcini webhanki waseLehman Brothers oneminyaka engama-38 ogama linguFreddy Cushing. Kananjalo ngeli xesha, igqwetha laseBeverly Hills uSidney Korshak, owayeyindoda ebalaseleyo emtshatweni wakhe wokuqala, wabiza esithi ufuna ukumazisa kumhlobo wakhe-e-Le Grenouille.
Ke ndiye ndakhangela kulungile, kodwa ayilunganga, utshilo. Ndandinxibe ibhlukhwe e-suede, iibhutsi kunye nebhatyi entle kakhulu ye-Chanel. Ukutswina kukaSidney; unetafile ebalaseleyo. Ndingama-26 onke, mhlawumbi. Bendinovalo ngoba bendingamazi lomntu. USidney uthi: ‘UJan Golding, uWarren Beatty.’ UBeatty wayekhangeleka emdaka, engachetywanga, edidekile ngokupheleleyo. Wayethandana noJulie Christie. Wayenomtsalane, kwaye wandijonga phakathi emini kwaye athi, ‘Ngaba uyafuna ukulala?’ Ndaye ndathi, ‘Uxolo?’ Kwaye uSidney uqala ukuhleka. Ndathi, ‘Hayi. Enkosi kakhulu, kodwa hayi. ’Ke ngoko waqala ukunditsalela umnxeba.
Babenempelaveki kunye ngaphandle kwedolophu, kodwa wathi iLothario yabetha.
Besisecaleni kwesofa, kwaye bendilila, utshilo uNksz Amory. Wayendiphuza, ndaza ndathi, ‘Warren, ndithandana noFreddy Cushing kwaye uthandana noJulie Christie.’ Kwaye kwakukho lo mntu ukhenkcekileyo ngokupheleleyo ecaleni kwam, wathi, ‘Nksk. Cushing, ndicinga ukuba lixesha lokulala ngoku. ’Ndaze ndathi,‘ Mnu. Christie, andenzi njalo. ’Wathi,‘ Uyazi, ndinyanisile kwaye uyaphazama. ’Ndaze ndathi,‘ Uthetha ukuthini? Ukuba kufuneka ndiyokulala nawe? ’Wathi,‘ Hayi-uzakuba nguNkosikazi Cushing, kodwa andisokuze ndibengu Mnu Christie. ’Wayengafuni kuthenwa.
UNks Amory watshata noFreddy Cushing, kwaye ngo-1974 bafudukela eParis. Ngo-1979, uLehman Brothers bamphindisela eNew York, kwaye wacela uqhawulo mtshato.
Mhlawumbi yayiyimpazamo yam, watsho. Ndingalala kude kube sebusuku; wayevuka kwangoko. Ndandihleli kamnandi kwaye ndandingagxili ekubeni ngumfazi olungileyo.
Usandula ukuqhawula umtshato, engekaqhelani nomyeni onguNombolo 3, uNkosk. Amory waqala ukuzihlalela noTruman Capote: isidlo sasemini esinde eQuo Vadis, ezinzulwini zobusuku eStudio 54. Umbhali obhiyozelwayo ngamanye amaxesha wayedlula.
Ndiza kuthi, 'uTruman, uza ekhaya kwaye uza kuchitha ubusuku kunye nam,' utshilo. Kwaye bendiya kuthi umgcini wam wendlu amzisele uCoca-Cola kusasa, afihle utywala, kwaye bendimkhulisa ade aphile ngokwaneleyo. Kuba bendingafuni ukuba azenzele ngokwakhe.
Isigqibo esibi sikaMnu. Capote sokushicilela isahluko kwi-Esquire ye-roman à clef yakhe, Imibuzo Ephendulweyo, simsusile kwi-swans zakhe, Babe Paley kunye noSlim Keith.
Ndaba ngumhlobo naye xa engenabo abahlobo abaninzi, U-Amory wathi. Kwakukho ixesha apho ndandizityand 'igila kuye ngayo yonke indoda endandiyicinga, nabani na endandimthanda, kwaye wayelunge kakhulu ngayo.
Ngo-1981, watshata noManoli Olympitis, indoda wathi uMnu Capote wayengakwazi nokujonga kuba wayemhle kakhulu. Uthe lelona xesha lalonwabile ebomini bakhe. Wayenomntwana wakhe wokuqala, unyana. Kodwa umtshato-kunye nolonwabo-aluzange luhlale.
Ndicinga ukuba wayephuthelwe kukungcakaza eLondon, utshilo uNksz Amory. Wayengakwazi ukugembula apha, kwaye ndicinga ukuba uManoli wayengumGrike owayengonwabanga eNew York. Wayeza kuya phi, isiXeko saseAtlantic?
Izinto zawa ngaphandle kumdaniso wesidlo sangokuhlwa eNewport esi sibini sanika inkulumbuso yase-England u-Edward Heath.
Sikumgca wokufumana, kwaye wonke umntu wayeza ngombala omnyama, utshilo. Kwaye uManoli uthi, ngale ndlela ichubekileyo, ‘Ndiyathemba ukuba awunangxaki nokuba ndigcwalisa uqhawulo-mtshato.’ Ayizange iyophule ngokwenene intliziyo yam-ndothuka. Andizange ndikholelwe ukuba unyana wethu wayeneminyaka emi-5 kuphela kwaye wayehamba.
Uthe bangabahlobo ngoku.
Ndinayo yonke indoda njengomhlobo, ngaphandle kukaMinot Amory, utshilo.
Wayesazi uCharles Minot Amory III ukusukela ngexesha babeneminyaka emi-5, xa oomama babo bababeka kwindawo yokudlala kunye eLord & Taylor.
Wayehlala endincamathisela ulwimi, kwaye besincamathelene ngelixa oomama bethu beye ezivenkileni, utshilo.
Kumashumi amane eminyaka kamva, batshata.
Wayengenakwenzeka, kunzima, watsho. Ndicinga ukuba mhlawumbi nditsibele kuyo kwakamsinya. Ndicinga ukuba umdla wam yayizifundo ezinomdla-kwaye umdla wakhe yayiziiklabhu zegalufa kunye nokugcina abantu abathile ngaphandle kweeklabhu zegalufa.
Babenonyana kwaye bamthiya igama elinguMinot.
Baqhawula umtshato kwi-1995 kwaye baqhubeka nedabi elibi lokugcina; U-Amory, kukuba uchithe yonke imali yam kwaye akaphumelela ukugcinwa.
Ngaba wayefuna ngokwenene umyeni ongu-5?
Ewe ndiyakwenza, utshilo. Ndidinga utata wesibini kubafana bobabini. Kwaye ndifuna umntu oza kundikhathalela ekugqibeleni. Ndiye ndakhathalela amadoda ambalwa.
