Life was just about perfect, I told myself, feeling immensely thankful that fate had been so good to me。 Truly I was sitting on top of the world。
I had been the star of a hit musical revue on the Paris stage for a year。 I'd been signed to make four movies at an important studio。
Best of all, I had scores of good friends whom I saw often。 That was in 1922。 I did not know then how soon all my good luck was to end。
我在那时觉得生活趋近完美。我十分感激命运对我的厚待：那时我的确是就像是坐在云端之上了。我那时整整一年都因参演一部叫座的舞台滑稽剧作为巴黎舞台上的明星存在着。同时，我还和一家重量级的电影公司签了四部片约。而最棒的是，我有一群时常会面的好友。
这一切都发生在1922年时----我那时完全无法预料我的好运会在不久之后完全颠覆。
