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Scholars and artists were clustered about him in great numbers; Urbino was widely known as the Italian Athens, and as one of the foremost centres of art and literature in all Europe, when Elizabetta Gonzaga was wedded to Guidobaldo and became the chatelaine of the palace. The young duke and his wife began their life together under the most auspicious circumstances.
'We must call on them at once and bring them back to the house. 'I suppose we must. Constance agreed with an uncordial sigh. Fifteen minutes later they were on their way to the Hotel du Lac, while Elizabetta, on her knees in the villa guest-room, was vigorously scrubbing the mosaic floor. Gustavo hurried out to meet them.
Endowed as she was by nature, it was by most fortuitous circumstance that she was called to preside over the court of Urbino, for at that time there was no other woman in Italy who was so fitted for such a distinguished position. It was in the last decade of the quattrocento that Elizabetta was married, and she found clustered about her from the very start illustrious artists and men of letters.
'And what are their names? she inquired. 'Dis is Fidilini, signorina, and zat one wif ze white nose is Macaroni, and zat ovver is Cristoforo Colombo. Elizabetta appeared in the doorway with two rush-covered flasks, and Tony hurried forward to receive them.
'Tony! She lowered her voice to a conspiratorial whisper and glanced apprehensively over her shoulder to see if the jailor were listening. 'If by any chance they should identify you as that deserter, just get word to me and I will have Elizabetta bake you a veal pasty with a rope ladder and a file inside.
He was an exiled member of that famous Mantua family, which has bred some scoundrels and one saint. With the money which, at parting, a doting mother had bestowed upon him, he was cutting a brave figure at the Urbino court, where he was tolerated by virtue of his kinship with Guidobaldo's Duchess, Monna Elizabetta.
"Bless you, my dear, I should never think of such a thing. I have no genius at all for anything Michael always said so. I an artist! a poor little woman like me!" "Yet some women have been painters." "Oh, yes, plenty. There was Angelica Kauffman, and Properzia Rossi, and Elizabetta Sirani. In our day, there is Mrs. A and Miss B , and the two C s.
'Of course we shall have them at the villa, said Miss Hazel. 'And we shall have to get some new dishes. Elizabetta has already broken so many plates that she has to stop and wash them between courses. Constance looked dreamily across the lake; she appeared to be thinking. 'I wonder, she inquired finally, 'if Jerry Junior knew we were here in Valedolmo?
These two young people loved each other in spite of the fact that Elizabetta was the wife of Giulio Berardi; when the latter died, everyone supposed that the lovers would marry, and such was their intention, but they found an unexpected obstacle in their path, for Roberto's uncle, the Cardinal Acciaïuoli, had other views on the subject.
She nodded and turned; it was evident this time that she was really going. He took a hasty step forward. 'Oh, I say, please don't go! Stay and talk to me just a little while. That calf isn't half so lonely as I am. 'I should like to, but really I mustn't. Elizabetta is waiting for me to bring her some eggs.
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