From A Sparkling Diamond
Chapter Six
(Nature Boy- Moulin Rouge)
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
And so Christian was brought into the Bohemian Revolution. It didn't take him long to meet Toulouse and Audrey. Audrey obviously didn't take too kindly to him and was quickly packing off to London.
Toulouse truly believed that the young Christian was the embodiment of all the Bohemian ideals. He believed Truth, Beauty, Freedom and above all else, Love. I knew that he was a strong believer in love. If only I could believe in Love as much as him. If only. Maybe then I wouldn't be so skeptical about it. As far as I was concerned, my love, or body for that matter, could only be bought. There was a price tag for anything. And being a dancer with the Moulin Rouge, there was barely enough money to survive.
Toulouse contacted me two days after I had wandered into Paris. "Madame 'arrie, I 'ave someone Satine needs to meet. He's very talented. Could even be able to 'ring an investor to the Moulin Rouge." And so my good deed would not go unpaid. I made the arrangements for Christian to meet Satine and sell her his ideas. The only way was after a show in the Elephant. Otherwise there was no way. And a show at the Moulin Rouge would bring us all enough money to start a new life. A new life away from here.