Karlovy Vary

Even if it's just a placebo effect, you know, it's pretty enjoyable.

Yeah, I remember as a kid going to Mariinsky-Lasny and like Carlo Vivari, like the spa towns in Europe.

And they have also the mineral springs where I remember the rotten egg smell, as you mentioned, and also the taste.

And so that really brought it back for me.

"'It is not an English paper at all.

Hold it up to the light.' i did so and saw a large e with a small g a p and a large g with a small t woven into the texture of the paper what do you make of that asked holmes the name of the maker no doubt or his monogram rather not at all the g with a small t stands for gesellschaft which is the german for company it is a customary contraction like our c o co p of course stands for papier now for the e g let us glance at our continental gazetteer he took down a heavy brown volume from his shelves here we are egria it is a german-speaking country in bohemia not far from carlsbad remarkable as being the scene of the death of wallenstein and for its numerous glass factories and paper mills ha my boy what do you make of that his eyes sparkled and he sent up a great blue triumphant cloud from his cigarette the paper was made in bohemia i said precisely and the man who wrote the note is a german do you note the peculiar construction of the sentence this account of you we have from all quarters received a frenchman or russian would not have written that it is the german who is so uncourteous to his verbs it only remains therefore to discover what is wanted by this german who writes upon bohemian paper and prefers wearing a mask to showing his face and here he comes if i am not mistaken to resolve all our doubts as he spoke there was the sharp sound of horses hoofs and grating wheels against the curb followed by a sharp pull at the bell holmes whistled a pair by the sound said he yes he continued glancing out of the window a nice little brougham and a pair of beauties a hundred and fifty guineas apiece there's money in this case watson if there is nothing else i think that i had better go holmes not a bit doctor stay where you are i am lost without my boswell and this promises to be interesting it would be a pity to miss it but your client never mind him i may want your help and so may he here he comes sit down in that arm-chair doctor and give us your best attention a slow and heavy step which had been heard upon the stairs and in the passage paused immediately outside the door then there was a loud and authoritative tap come in said holmes a man entered who could hardly have been less than six feet six inches in height with the chest and limbs of a hercules his dress was rich with a richness which would in england be looked upon as akin to bad taste heavy bands of ostracon were slashed across the sleeves and fronts of his double-breasted coat while the deep blue cloak which was thrown over his shoulders was lined with flame-coloured silk and secured at the neck with a brooch which consisted of a single flaming barrel boots which extended half-way up his calves and which were trimmed at the tops with rich brown fur completed the impression of barbaric opulence which was suggested by his whole appearance He carried a broad-brimmed hat in his hand, while he wore across the upper part of his face, extending down past the cheek-bones, a black vizard mask, which he had apparently adjusted that very moment, for his hand was still raised to it as he entered.

From the lower part of his face he appeared to be a man of strong character, with a thick hanging lip, and a long straight chin suggestive of resolution pushed to the length of obstinacy.

you had my note he asked with a deep harsh voice and a strongly marked german accent i told you that i would call he looked from one to the other of us as if uncertain which to address pray take a seat said holmes this is my friend and colleague dr watson who is occasionally good enough to help me in my cases whom have i the honor to address you may address me as the count von kramm a bohemian nobleman i understand that this gentleman your friend is a man of honor and discretion whom i may trust with a matter of the most extreme importance if not i should much prefer to communicate with you alone i rose to go but holmes caught me by the wrist and pushed me back into my chair it is both or none said he you may say before this gentleman anything which you may say to me the count shrugged his broad shoulders then i must begin said he by binding you both to absolute secrecy for two years at the end of that time the matter will be of no importance at present it is not too much to say that it is of such weight it may have an influence upon european history i promise said holmes and i you will excuse this mask continued our strange visitor the august person who employs me wishes his agent to be unknown to you and i may confess at once that the title by which i have just called myself is not exactly my own i was aware of it said holmes dryly The circumstances are of great delicacy, and every precaution has to be taken to quench what might grow to be an immense scandal and seriously compromise one of the reigning families of Europe.

Circumstances had left the development of the paper mainly to him.

For the past twelve months the proprietor had been away in Europe taking the waters at Carlsbad, and the sole control of Cozy Moments had passed into the hands of Mr. Wilberfloss.

Nor had he proved unworthy of the trust or unequal to the duties.

In that year, Cozy Moments had reached the highest possible level of domesticity.

But what is your technical position? When your proprietor is congratulating himself on having secured the ideal man for your job, what precise job does he congratulate himself on having secured the ideal man for?" "I'm sub-editor." "Merely sub? You deserve a more responsible post than that, Comrade Windsor.

Where is your proprietor? I must buttonhole him and point out to him what a wealth of talent he is allowing to waste itself.

You must have scope." "He's in Europe or Carlsbad or somewhere.

He never comes near the paper.

So it'll be a good battle in the men's race, which I'm stoked to see.

And then also after Alex's podium and Carlo Vivari and then how Hayden's racing, I think the front of the race will be really fast and really exciting.

Maybe something we haven't seen since 2024.

It's going to be...

Yeah, I think the next one.

One person I will say that raced really well in Ponte Vedra three years ago, she was second in the grand finals, Kate Woff, and she's back healthy on the start list.

And she had some bike issues in Carlo Vivari.

I know got dropped from the pack, maybe had a flat, crashed once, and ran her way up to 10th.

CHAPTER I A VERBAL INVITATION Because Edith had not been feeling very well, that seemed no reason why she should be the centre of interest, and Bruce, with that jealousy of the privileges of the invalid, and in that curious spirit of rivalry which his wife had so often observed, had started, with enterprise, an indisposition of his own, as if to divert public attention.

While he was at Carlsbad he heard the news.

Then he received a letter from Edith, speaking with deference and solicitude of Bruce's rheumatism, entreating him to do the cure thoroughly, and suggesting that they should call the little girl Matilda, after a rich and sainted, though still living, aunt of Edith's.

it might be an advantage to the child's future in every sense to have a godmother so wealthy and so religious it appeared from the detailed description that the new daughter had as a matter of course and at two days old long golden hair far below her waist sweeping lashes and pencilled brows a rosebud mouth an intellectual forehead chiselled features and a tall elegant figure she was a magnificent regal-looking creature and was a superb beauty of the classic type and yet with it she was dainty and winsome she had a great talent for music this it appeared was shown by the breadth between the eyes and the timbre of her voice overwhelmed with joy at the advent of such a paragon and horrified at edith's choice of a name bruce had replied at once by wire impulsively certainly not matilda i would rather she were called aspasia edith read this expression of feeling on a colourless telegraph form and as she was at knightsbridge unable to hear the ironical tone of the message she took it literally she criticized the name but was easily persuaded by her mother-in-law to make no objection the elder mrs ottley pointed out that it might have been very much worse but it's not a pretty name objected edith if it wasn't to be matilda i should rather have called her something out of maeterlinck or isolin something like that yes dear my grain's a nice name too said mrs ottley in her humouring way and so is vaseline but what does it really matter i shouldn't hold out on a point like this one gets used to a name let the poor child be called asparagus if he wishes it and let him feel he has got his own way so the young girl was named aspasia matilda ottley it was characteristic of edith that she kept to her own point though not aggressively when bruce returned after his after-cure it was too late to do anything but pretend he had meant it seriously archie called his sister Archie had been rather hurt at the, as it seemed to him, unnecessary excitement about Dilly.

the Slovak premiere of this film, the two producers thanked the Audiovisual Fund for putting their trust in like newcomers or no-name producers, let's say.

Now you are a bit kind of stars because at Carlo Vivari the film received quite a prestigious award, Proxima Award.

How difficult it is to persuade somebody to put money in a project secured by somebody who is starting in the business?

Maybe we can try.