'Wayeyinto enkulu kakhulu okwexeshana, utshilo umnumzana uBuckley ngonina. 'Wayesembindini wesona sixeko sikhulu ehlabathini.'
INew York inamazwe amaninzi, ngalinye linendawo yalo exabisekileyo. Umnumzana Buckley uvumile ukuba iziko awayethetha ngalo liziko 'lentlalontle' eNew York.
Kwaye ngo'New York kwezentlalo, 'andithethi' ngentlalontle 'ngengqondo,' utshilo uMnu Buckley. 'Ndithetha into elingana nelemihla kuNks. Astor's 400. Wayesazi wonke umntu. Wayeneklasi. '
Ingcaciso enokuba yimfuneko ngakumbi ngoku-xa igama elithi 'uluntu' ngamanye amaxesha lihamba nemifanekiso yolutsha, engatyhilelwanga imimandla esezantsi ewela ngaphandle kweelimousines-kunakwimixa yangaphambili.
Kodwa ilizwe lentlalontle lamaBuckleys lalinokuba likhulu kunokuba ibinzana lalakhe lajongwa ukuba lihlale.
Ngamaxesha onke umntu kufuneka azazise ngokuzingca, okokuqala nokuphambili, njengomfazi kunye nomgcini wendlu, UNksk. Buckley, eneneni, wayesiqingatha esingcono sombhali, umhleli kunye nomabonakude u-William F. Buckley Jr. Uphengululo lweLizwe ngo-1955 kwaye udla ngokubizwa ngokuba ngumsunguli we-American conservative movement. Unyana okuphela kwakhe ngothando ubhekisa kuPat Buckley njengala 'ntshukumo' yomama. Ukusukela ekuqaleni kweminyaka yoo-1960 kude kube kutsha nje, iiBuckleys zazibamba isidlo sangokuhlwa kabini ngenyanga sabahleli bemagazini-izidlo ezazisoloko zikhona zizikhanyisi ezaziza kuthi zibe ngumhlobo wosapho. 'Zininzi izidlo,' utshilo uMnu Buckley.
Ngelixa wayedume ngokusika kwakhe, kwakungekho nto iphosakeleyo malunga noPat Buckley. Wayengumntu othanda imali kakhulu (njengokuba ngamanye amaxesha wayebhekisa kuye) ngezizathu ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya nezibhedlele ezininzi zedolophu. Umhlobo wakhe kunye nomlingane asebenzisana naye, uNan Kempner, uqikelele ukuba phakathi kwabo bobabini, baqokelele ngaphezulu kwe-75 yezigidi zeedola kwiSikhumbuzo seCancer Sloan-Kettering Cancer. Kwakukho nezinye izizathu ngokunjalo: i-NYU. IZiko Lonyango, iSt. Vincent's, uGawulayo, iivenkile zaseVietnam, ubugcisa.
Kwaye, njengoko kuhlala kunjalo kule dolophu, ukunyusa imali kukwazi ukuba uphosa njani iqela elijijayo.
'Ubeke iMyuziyam kwimephu!' utshilo umhlobo wakhe wakudala, uhleba u-doyenne u-Aileen (Suzy) Mehle, ngokungathandabuzekiyo ebhekisa kwi-Costume Gala yonyaka, eyayingusihlalo kaNksk. Buckley iminyaka. Kweziganeko zakhe ezininzi zokunyusa ingxowa-mali, uNkosazana Mehle uthe: 'Uye wabaphembelela, wabaleka, wabahombisa, wacwangcisa iimenyu. Uye wenza nje izinto. Ewe, wonke umntu weza. '
'Wakhuliswa nje ngaleya ndlela, utshilo umbhali uBob Colacello, wesisa somhlobo wakhe wakudala.
U Patricia Alden Austin Taylor wazalelwa kusapho olwalusisityebi eVancouver ngoJulayi 1, 1926. Usapho lakwaTrudeau-kubandakanya noselula uPierre Trudeau, owayeza kuba yinkulumbuso yaseCanada-wayehlala kwindlu elandelayo, ngokuka Mnu. Uyise, u-Austin C. Taylor, wayephethe amaplanga kunye nokumbiwa kwemigodi. Umama wakhe ekuqaleni wazama ukuwuqhawula umtshato wakhe noWilliam F. Buckley Jr. kuba wayecinga ukuba intombi yakhe itshata: UMnu.Buckley wayengumKatolika.
Emva kokudibana nodadewabo kaMnumzana uBuckley-owayehlala naye ekholejini eVassar-bobabini batshata ngo-1950, kwaye uNksk. Buckley wasuka ekubeni, ngamazwi endodana yakhe uChristopher, 'owayengumfana obalaseleyo kumfazi ococa i-vacuum-clean ilungu lejunior leYale. '
Ubomi buya kuba bubuhle ngakumbi, kwaye ekuhambeni kwexesha, UNksk. Buckley waba ngumcoci-wokucoca-ukucoca, ukucoca i-rose-chicken-pot-pie-director ophethe amakhaya amathathu: i-Park Avenue maisonette, ikhaya lase-Stamford, kunye Indawo yaseSwitzerland eqeshwe ngabakwaBuckle ngexesha lokuskiya malunga nesiqingatha senkulungwane.
Ngo-1975, wavotelwa kweyona Holo yoDumo igqwesileyo. Kodwa yayiyeyona ndlela wayenxibe ngayo imiwunduzo eyakhunjulwa ngumbhali uTom Wolfe: 'Wayehlala ebhityile kwaye emile kakhulu; ulwimi lomzimba wakhe lwalomntu olindele okona kulungileyo. ' (UNksk. Buckley ungene ngaphakathi nangaphantsi kweenyawo ezintandathu.) 'Kwakungekho kangako ukuba isilevu sasiphakamile, kodwa ngakumbi ukuma: Wayehlala ekhangeleka njengomntu onesidima owayehlala ekulungele ukonwaba nangawuphi na umzuzu . '
Uhlala ethetha ingqondo yakhe, kwaye esenza njalo ngobukrelekrele nobukrelekrele kangangokuba kufuneka ubonwabele, utshilo uMnu Colacello. 'Ngaphezu kwakhe nabani na, uPat wandikhuthaza ukuba ndishiye uAndy Warhol, lowo wambiza ngokuba' seso sikhohlakali. ''
'Ibali lam endilithandayo lixesha uJohn Kenneth Galbraith azise ngalo uTed Kennedy ukuba abatyelele kwichateau yabo eRougemont, utshilo uLinda Bridges, umhlobo kaNksk. Buckley kunye nomncedisi wexesha elide kumhleli wendoda yakhe. Kwaye uKennedy wabuyela eGstaad, kwaye iiGalbraiths zazisiya kwelinye icala. UKennedy ubuze ukuba angaboleka imoto ukubuyela eGstaad kwaye uPat wathi, 'Ngokuqinisekileyo akunjalo-kukho iibhlorho ezintathu phakathi kwalapha neGstaad.' '
Ubomi obunomtsalane, eneneni-kodwa obungenako ukubandezeleka, unyana wakhe ukhumbule. Wayenezinto ezine ezazitshintshisa ihip. Emva kwengozi yokushushuluza esinqeni esinqeni sakhe kwiindawo ezine, ebekwiintonga iminyaka emibini. Wayekhulelwe i-ectopic.
'Wayengumfazi owomeleleyo. Wayoyikeka ngokoqobo, utshilo uChristopher Buckley. Wayekunye naye ukuya esiphelweni, xa ukubandezeleka kwakukubi kunakho konke. UMnu Buckley waqala ukukrwitshwa. Uxolo, utshilo, ezilwa nezinyembezi. 'Wayengumama wam.'
