Za pošteniju istoriju

Beleška sa jedne posete direktoru srpske crkvene škole u Prizrenu:

I accepted his hospitality unhappily, for I felt that, so far as Prizren and its neighbourhood were concerned, the cause was lost, dead and gone — as lost as is Calais to England, and the English claim to Normandy. And the mere terror of his wife showed how completely she felt herself a stranger in an unknown land. Yet I could not but admire the imaginative nature of the Serb, who will lead a forlorn hope and face death for an idea.

Posetilac je Edith Durham, a godina je 1908.

Mnogo je priče o suočavanju sa zločinima, ali malo o suočavanju sa istorijom. Lepo je što deca u školama uče o Kosovskom boju, ali možda im treba reći i da postoji poznati putopis jedne strankinje kojoj ni 1908. godine nije bilo jasno šta Srbija traži na Kosovu.