In the Indice in 1930, in an article called "Il Mal
Francese" (Gallup C788), Pound makes a startling
comment in the course of describing his difficulties
in writing Italian. "And how much have I lost in these
very columns trying to write a language I have learned
from reading rather than understood from the lips of
my black nanny. The pages become too smooth, when they
would be better served by a word that is 'pexa or
hirsuta.'".
 
Is he serious when he says he had a black nanny (in
the original, nera bambinaia), or is he playing Mark
Twain? Stock and company agree Isabella had a servant
in Idaho, but I can't discover whether she was also a
nurse or what her color was. Can anyone confirm or
refute?
 
 
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