Black Widow - An Afterthought

From now on, Liszt had to confront almost all of his surroundings alone. A flurry of ridicule rained down on him. “Only the insane can seriously desire to move away from social life. Liszt went crazy, ”some said. "Not. He wants to make him talk about himself again, to draw attention to himself. This is theatricality and shocking, ”others said. P. I. Tchaikovsky left very characteristic lines: “As for Liszt, this old Jesuit responds with exaggerated enthusiastic compliments to every thing sent to his August viewing. He is a kind man in his heart and one of the few outstanding artists who never had a petty envy in his soul, a tendency to interfere with the successes of his neighbor (Wagner and partly A. Rubinstein owe him his successes; he also rendered Berlioz many services), but he is too Jesuit to be truthful and sincere. "