Vittoria, Complete

ria soon found herself and her small body of adherents observed, and even exclaimed against, as a sort of intruding aborigines, whose presence entirely di

odation below, of the sadness superinduced by the reflection that in these days people were found everywhere, and poetry was thwarted; again of heat, again of thirst, of beauty, and of chill. There was the enunciation of matronly advice; there was the outcry of girlish insubordination; there were sighings for English ale

f Mrs. Sedley. She had once known her as a Miss Adela Pole. Amidst the cluster of assiduous gentlemen surrounding this lady it was difficult for Vittoria's stolen glances to discern her husband; and the moment she did discern him she became as indifferent to him as was his young wife, by every manifestation of her sentiments. Mrs. Sedley informed her lord that it was not expected of him to care, or to pretend to care, for such scenes as the Mo

mises mean anything,"

one waved a handkerch

ntment. Perhaps he could not get leave from the General; perhaps he is married; he is engaged to an Austrian Countess, I have heard. Captain Gambier did me the favour to go round to a place called Stresa

e had known him likewise, she could not forbear looking up. He was speaking to Mrs. Sedley, but caught the look, and ben

urely Mr. Pericles will have made known our exact route to him? And his uncle, General Pierson, could-I am cert

dled lady, and letting his eyes fall from time to time on the broad straw

mped her foo

gustus, I det

housandfold. I

happened

bier accuse

in the Spring; that is, if all continues quiet; married in the Spring. He seems to fancy that there may be disturbances; not of a serious kind, of course. He will meet you in Milan. He has ne

ime," the lady in

lieve that s

re sa

nged her nam

fantastic, naturally! For my part, I sh

i is good enough, certain

aken once during the colloqu

w name?" Mrs. S

lfrid merely mentions t

f she is going to be a great cantatrice, really, it will be agreeable to renew acquaintance with her. Nor will it do any

h, who reads a lady by the letters of her speech:-"One minute. I will be with you instantly. I want to

ngered there, like the lines of a slackened bow. She beheld her ideal of an English gentleman place himself before these recumbent foreign people, and turn to talk across them, with

ad opened matters with a

s unaware that he o

" said Captain Gamb

ur to take three steps either

he request is put almost

rove inefficacious in

monsieur, is your

ou to behave

monsieur, to perc

lamentable you do not kno

ly incredulous. "Oh! then you will not take exception to

d him as he was

e to be impudent, I perceive;

she walked down the slope, followed at an interval by her servant, and curiously watched by the English office

ched too high in a foreign tongue for Captain Gambier to descend from it, as he would fa

that he had merely interchanged amicable commonplaces with the Frenchman,-"or Italian," he added careless

a likeness to her,"

line on it was handed round. A damsel of the party had picked it up near t

look for safet