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'The train with the wire fence and posts is scheduled to arrive here at eleven o'clock to-night, and work will begin immediately. Paulo Montani, the Italian boss who has worked for me before, has taken this contract, and will put twelve hundred men on. "'The train will arrive here? said I. 'What do you mean?
As the lights faded Alice, with the pretty languorous gesture I so well remembered, opened her fan the fan of ostrich plumes, that became a blur of white that held my eye through the dusk after the curtain rose. Alice, Montani, and the fan! To this combination I had now to add the new element introduced into the situation by the apparent familiar acquaintance of Alice and Mrs.
About this time Cola de' Montani, a humanist and professor of eloquence, had awakened among many of the young Milanese nobility a vague passion for glory and patriotic achievements, and had mentioned to Lampugnani and Olgiati his hope of delivering Milan. Suspicion was soon aroused against him: he was banished from the city, and his pupils were abandoned to the fanaticism he had excited.
The "service" on the estate was certainly abundant. It was only necessary to whistle and one of the Tyringham veterans would come running. In spite of the complete satisfaction I had expressed to Torrence as to the perfect integrity and honest intentions of the two women, the curiosity of the American State Department and the visit of Montani required elucidation beyond my powers.
Montani spoke of the porcelains. "Oh, to be sure! They don't show to best advantage in electric light, do they? But I can have a few of the prize pieces taken into the dining-room," said Alice. Mrs. Farnsworth had excused herself to finish a letter, and from my chair I could see her head bent over the big desk in the library.
It is easy to understand why he has haunted the place." "Yes; quite easy. Count Montani is very anxious to see the porcelains." "I wasn't referring to the pottery; but I shan't press the matter." "I advise you not to; your remark was highly improper from a nephew to an aunt! I have told you about all I know of this Italian gentleman. I am going to ask a favor.
"They open in two weeks in Shakespearian repertoire." Montani had half risen, the better to focus an opera-glass on the box. The gong solemnly announced the second act, and Alice moved her chair to face the stage. Once more Montani scanned the party with his glass.
It was Montani beyond any question Montani and I instinctively shrank in my seat and lifted my programme as he turned round and swiftly surveyed the rows behind him. I watched his black head intently until I remembered the superstition that by staring at a person in a public place you can make him look at you.
The last day we were in Tokyo I think I had it in our sitting-room in the hotel, to make sure it wasn't jammed into the trunk again. We had a good many callers a number of people came in to bid us good-by, but I'm sure Count Montani was not among them, and it would have been impossible for him to see it at any other time."
I expect Montani here to-night; he will no doubt be enormously relieved." A machine whizzed into the driveway, and Montani came in brushing past the astonished Antoine, who had answered the bell. "The fan is safe," cried Raynor; "you may complete the identification." "I've handled this whole affair most stupidly," said Montani after a hurried examination.
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