劳斯莱斯背后的故事（ThestorybehindRolls-Royce）

劳斯莱斯背后的故事（The story behind Rolls-Royce）
Rolls-Royce has a worldwide reputation for its aristocratic temperament. It has conquered the hearts of all the heads of state, nobility and rich people, including the British royal family. It has been called the "emperor's car" and is a symbol of status and identity. The queen of England wherever a Rolls-Royce car. Rolls-Royce on the body of the flying goddess classic logo is also known as the history of the most famous car the most moving vehicle logo. But it wasn't born on the body of the Rolls-Royce, but was born out of a real, unknown pathos.
Seven portraits and a love that spans the world
In the summer of 1902, it was a very unusual summer for Eleanor Thornton. She was a beautiful girl, but fortune did not pay her special attention to her extraordinary looks and intelligence. Young Thornton was abandoned by his father, and rely on leather shoes for a living mother, depend on each other. In order to support her family and cure her seriously ill mother, she has to go to nightclubs as social flowers.
Because of the appearance of fashion, and is good at singing and dancing, Thornton quickly became a nightclub in the Reds, was chasing a lot of aristocratic dandy. Thornton is humble, but a proud. She knew that the men who claimed to love her were only in love with her beauty and body, and once they got it, they would someday abandon her like a rag.
That night, Thornton began acting at the most popular nightclub in London, as usual. At the end of the show, Thornton still received gifts from some of the men who had accidentally
discovered a special gift in the pile. That is a character sketch like, the protagonist is a dance she. This painting may be just some bored noble young man to amuse her, but Thornton didn't pay much attention to it. But to her surprise, she received a portrait on the second day, in which she looked like a princess in the moonlight, noble and melancholy. For the next three days, Thornton received pictures from the waiter's hands, and each picture had her own amorous, charming, melancholy, or pure.
On the seventh day, after Thornton's performance, she waited directly at the entrance to the backstage. She finally saw the mysterious man who sent the painting. It was a handsome man like long, angular contour, deep eyes, he is John Montague.
The aristocratic family of the British Conservative MP Montagu was the man of the hour, he is not only a fan or a fan speed, painting, just as the "auto Bild" editor in chief. When Montagu and her friend met Thornton on the stage for the first time in the nightclub, she was dancing like a lonely, proud swan. He was attracted by her special temperament, the girl with brown curls and melancholy eyes, as if it were a classical and beautiful painting. Montagu looked at her for a moment, unable to resist her portrait. He was crazy about her until she truly every twinkle and smile, standing in front of him, he also felt like a drop in the dream.
Thornton and Montagu just met, and struck a spark of love like Lightning flashes and thunder rumbles. Montagu became Thornton's most loyal and special audience. However, Montagu in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, but also fear that
Thornton will be due to the identity gap and some concerns, only told her that he is "Auto Pictorial" editor in chief.
The intense love made Montagu cast aside the noble precepts. For every time to see Thornton, he paid off all the debts for her nightclub, let her as his secretary, and cynical led her to meet his friends, regardless of any person from Thornton and live together.
Love is missing in going around and lost
But God always seems to envy too perfect love. A good friend doesn't want to see Montagu fall so bad for a dancer, and quietly tell him about his family with Thornton. Montagu's family knew he was scared and angry when he was outside the dancers, and they felt it was an insult to the family.
So an old Sir Montagu Montagu immediately sent back. They held a family meeting to try Montagu as a prisoner. Montagu and his father make up, saying that he and Thornton are really in love, who can not stop their love, and even declared that Thornton would rather give up the title. Old Sir he said Montague on the fly, and you will have nothing.
Sure enough, the old Sir angrily stopped his financial support for Montagu. Montagu felt that he could not continue to give Thornton a rich and happy life by the meager salary of the newspaper, but he didn't want to let his beloved girl lead a life of embarrassment. But instead of eating, dressing, and paying for the apartment's expensive rents, Montagu was losing his shirt. He began borrowing money from his friends to keep
up appearances,
However, those people is the Montagu family friend, who had already been told, who refused to put out a hand to help him. The old jazz thought he would go home as soon as he could drive him out of the way. Montagu finally fell into a hopeless situation.
Absolutely ignorant of Thornton still immersed in ecstasies over love, but sometimes see Montagu because some trifles directed her anger, she felt confused and disoriented, even suspect that Montagu is not tired of her, she wanted to leave. While she was daydreaming, old Sir Montagu found her.
Originally, Montagu left home in six months, old Sir see his son so no signs of a furious pride, back, very angry. So he sent a letter to Montagu, telling his mother that she was dying. When Montagu received the letter, he said to Thornton with concern, his mother was seriously ill, and he had to go home.
Then the proud old Sir came in, and from his lips Thornton knew the whole truth: that her beloved Montagu was not only in a prominent position, but also with an aristocrat. So his father said that it was nonsense for her to enter society in such a humble position, and that if she had been combined with his son, the children would have been an affront to the noble lineage of the Montagu family.
Finally, the old jazz throw money by allowing no explanation, let Thornton take the money to go far away, do not dwell on his son. After the old jazz left, she could not support it at last,
and her tears were all over her face. She felt really is too low, how can let this noble Montagu fall in love with her? Again, the abnormal expression of Montagu during this time, as well as the identity of her concealment, she almost believe the old Sir's words. However, Thornton was still holding a ray of hope, hoping that Montagu would come back and tell her in person that it was all false and that he really loved her.
After waiting in the apartment for a month, Thornton didn't get any news from Montagu. Thornton heartbroken, finally believe that Montagu not only played with her feelings, and even money is not willing to pay a point for her. This time, she accidentally found himself pregnant, and then had to use the old Sir left the money to settle the rent, and find another cheap house to live.
When Montagu hurried home, his mother came out to meet him safely, and he knew it was a hoax. But it was too late and he was thrown into the castle. When he was released after three months, has been in the winter, London under a lot of snow, the old jazz told him than the cold weather will tone, we go to the investigation, the woman you love would follow the rich away.
Montagu does not believe his words, he is very worried back to the apartment, but found that there is indeed such as father said empty, valuables and jewelry with Thornton gone. Montagu was an abyss a murky sky over a dark earth, feeling.
Since then, Montagu closed his own heart, he no longer believe in love live true to the core, completely informal life. In 1905, the old Sir died, he became the primary area of second
Daimengtagu Sir Leo, and lady Cecil married.
Deep love belong in the wind
Montagu's marriage is not happy, he will be left out his wife at home, all day long with the same faction to lead a gay life. In the spring of 1906, a new bar opened for business, and a group of strippers were invited to perform. Montagu and friends after hearing, immediately invited to play with. Montagu and her friends were immersed in excitement and joy as the girls who were dancing in sexy shapes caused a lot of excitement and screaming. Finally, a purple girl came out, still in the excitement of Montagu suddenly froze, the thick makeup of the beautiful face is so familiar, too much like Thornton. Although they have been deliberately to forget her, but her voice and expression but not in his head every hour and moment.
When the girl will last a purple clothes, almost boiling stage. Montagu saw her chest with a striking red mole, and Thornton's heart in the same place. Montagu could not believe his eyes, and he told himself at once that it was probably a drunken delusion, and now Thornton may have been living with a rich man for a good meal. He almost ran into the background, in those women looking for a purple dancer figure, finally in a corner, he saw that the woman was a little bit of finishing their goods.
Such a melancholy look, such a beautiful face, except for Thornton, can it be someone else? Thornton and Montagu were three years apart, but they met again in such an awkward situation.
She does not know how to face their own deeply loved this man, just ran away. Montagu ran along a few blocks with Thornton, and he saw Thornton and the child in a broken house in the low slums. Montagu's eyes were red when he saw the seven portraits he had painted for Thornton had been pasted on the wall.
At last they found out the truth of the matter, and the misunderstanding and resentment between the two people vanished into thin air at this moment.
In recent years, Thornton in order to feed their children and themselves, only to sell out of money. Montagu looked at her haggard face, and tears began to flow. He swore to make up for everything.
The night Montagu came home, he announced to the whole family that he would divorce his wife, Cecil, and marry Thornton. His mother fainted with anger. At this time, Cecil, who was deeply in love with her husband, tried to relieve him. She said he could accept Thornton and even asked her to move into their family to live together.
Cecil's words calmed Montagu down. Think of these years, he has been indifferent to Cecil, but she can still put himself in the critical moment for him and his family, and willing to fulfill his love, he felt sad. Finally, Montagu placed Thornton and his child in an apartment in london. In order to save family reputation, Montagu and Thornton's love can only continue in the underground, he felt oppressed and suffering. This moment,
Montagu, artist friend Charles Sykes was deeply touched by
their love of twists and turns, at Montagu's request, he for the prototype created a vivid sculpture by Thornton: a young girl standing against the wind, let the skirt flying in the wind, but the index finger gently on his lips, and it is a symbol of the unspeakable secret emotion between Thornton and Montagu. The sculpture was named "whisper"". Montagu will be the first "whispers" on his Rolls-Royce "Silver Ghost" car front, implicitly to declare their love, soon, this unique logo was unknown to the society of Rolls-Royce owners cited as.
This trend will soon be Rolls-Royce co-founder Mr. Routh noted, he found a friend Montagu, commissioned him to please Sykes to design a special logo for Rolls-Royce in the "whisper" basis. This time Thornton Sykes sought the idea of "whisper" girl's hands is like wings stretching back, the other car unchanged, the history of the classic "flying goddess" logo was born. February 6, 1911, silver "flying goddess" officially fly on the luxurious Rolls-Royce front, become Rolls-Royce car logo. "Flying goddess" opening ceremony as grand as the first
Rolls-Royce sedan offline. In this way, Montagu expressed his affection for Thornton, a lover, in a special way. Whenever he drove his flying goddess Thornton in the wind, the beautiful logo flashing infinite light in the sun, Thornton felt that the air is full of love, and she was the happiest woman in the world.
Envy the fair men. In December 1915, Montagu was sent to India to investigate the motorized forces, and in order to accompany his loved ones to comfort him, Thornton and Montagu boarded the ship bound for the India sea. In December 13th, when Montagu and Thornton sailed into the Mediterranean Sea, they were struck by German fish.
The icy water, Montagu grabbed Thornton, Thornton's body was quickly frozen in that moment will be completely lost consciousness, she put all his strength for the last time he said: "I love you!" Later, Montagu watched the woman who loved his life swallowed up by the relentless waves......
Montagu floated at sea for 36 hours and was finally rescued. After returning to England, he has spent a long time not sorrow of losing Thornton to recover all day trance, stroking the flying goddess logo tears. Mr. Routh decided to soothe his friend's wound heart in a special way.
From the beginning of 1915, Rolls-Royce will take Thornton as the prototype "flying goddess" logo from silver to nickel alloy production, because only the golden goddess can represent Rolls-Royce incomparable quality, deep sadness only the fadeless luster to mapping Thornton and Montagu for 13 years.
The love has returned to the sea, but the eternal love has been told by each flight goddess who stands in front of the
Rolls-Royce. It is forever whispering in the wind.。