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On arriving at the post, I was surprised to find an old Canadian and his cara sposa in possession, a circumstance of which I had had no previous intimation. This worthy pair seemed determined to maintain their position in defiance of me; and not wishing to employ violent means to dispossess them if it could possibly be done otherwise, I passed the night in the hall.
At last he turned dully and looked down where he could see the royal cortége, not yet half-way along the road to the fortress, then he went over to the girl's side. "Cara," he said, "I have earned the right to kiss you good-by." "It's yours without the earning, but good-by !" She shuddered. "What does it all mean?" she asked in bewilderment. "What was it you discussed?" "Listen," he commanded.
The pictured garden faded and Cara turned slowly back into the room. Her eyes looked sad. "Poor Eliot!" she said. "It's all ancient history now. But one wishes it was possible to give him back his happiness." When she had gone, Ann lay thinking over the story she had just heard. So it was all true, then the tale that Eliot had been jilted years ago!
"Cara mia!" she murmured fondly, raising it to her lips, kissing it and caressing it gently against her cheek. "What wouldst thou thou greedy little Jaquino? Knowest not thou hast had one more berry than thy sweet little Jaquina?" But the dove only continued to flutter and coo on her hand. "Hearest thou not," she continued, "she already calls thee!"
In days like these, days that witness the fall of empires, the future holds for the donna, for the prima donna, for the prima donna assoluta, the grandest of earthly careers. That career, Angelo Cara foresaw for his daughter, foresaw it at least in the hypnogogic visions which the artist always has within beck and call. In the falsifying commonplaces of broad daylight he was not so sure.
"In certain circumstances yes. But that's different. Oh, you must see it's different! Besides, Tony would accept money from me, even though my husband had given it to me. But he'd be too proud to take it from Eliot or from any one else." "Too proud! It seems to me Tony's precious little to be proud about!" "The more reason why he should keep any pride he has remaining. Don't be hard on him, Cara.
I must obey the decrees of State!" She paused, then impulsively swept on: "I can force myself to do what I must do, but I cannot compel my heart that is his, utterly his." She raised both hands. "Now you know," she said. "You may decide." Karyl inclined his head. "I have questioned nothing," he repeated. "Will you honor me by returning in my car?" Cara tilted her chin rebelliously.
The first page contained the names of the Queen and Her Royal Highness the Princesse Elizabeth, in their own handwriting. There was a cheque in it on a Swiss banker, at Milan, of the name of Bonny. Having given me these invaluable tokens, Her Highness proceeded with her instructions. "At Chalon," continued she, "mia cara, your man servant will perhaps bring you other letters.
When at length he slackened speed and came to a halt with a shudder, Graul looked up and saw the stars overhead and a glimmering scarp of granite, and knew it for the gray rock, Cara Clowz. By the base of it he lowered Niotte to the ground, dismounted, and began to climb, leading Rubh by the bridle and seeking for a pathway. Behind him the voices of crashing trees filled the windless night.
In his clumsy way, Cara trotted beside his mother, continually bumping against her as she walked slowly and heavily along, and having almost miraculous escapes from being kicked by the other camels.
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