有一次去伦敦,格林说服了嘉宝一起去拜访塞西尔·比顿,嘉宝与塞西尔曾有过一段令人捉摸不透的罗曼史。他们最严重的也是最后一次争吵还是在1972年和1973年由于比顿的日记的出版引起的,里面有许多关于嘉宝私生活的描写。在嘉宝看来,出版这些日记(以及伦敦报纸对此的大肆渲染)是极其严重的背叛行为。格林问他为什么要这样做的时候,比顿说他曾给嘉宝写信,问她是否允许这样做,但嘉宝过了一年都不置可否。他曾在纽约给她打电话,嘉宝一听是他就把电话挂了。这时他就觉得“因为这个女人有神经病的缘故”而抹去她一生中这一段经历是不诚实的。天真而又不失诡诈的比顿以为嘉宝会听他的解释,当嘉宝不听时他就威风全失了。 Once went to London, Greene persuaded Garbo to visit Cecil Beaton, Garbo and Cecil had had an unpredictable romance. Their most serious and last quarrel was caused by the publication of Beaton’s diaries in 1972 and 1973, which contained many descriptions of Garbo’s private lives. In Garbo’s opinion, the publication of these diaries (and the hype in London newspapers) is an extremely serious act of betrayal. When Green asked him why he did this, Beaton said he had written to Gabriel and asked her if she was allowed to do so, but Garbo would not be able to do so for a year. He had called her in New York and Garbo hung him up when he heard that. Then he felt it was dishonest to erase the experience of her life because “the woman had a neurological illness.” The innocent yet deceitful Beaton thought Gabriel would listen to him explaining that when Garbo did not listen, he lost all prestige.