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Updated: May 31, 2025
Cardinal Altieri was a grey-haired man with steely eyes set near together, the strong lean face of a fighter, and the colourless complexion of most high ecclesiastics, who are generally what the physicians of that day called 'saturnians. He held out a large, hard, white hand, with a ring in which was set an engraved amethyst, Ortensia touch the stone with her lips, and he motioned to her to be seated in a comfortable chair at his left.
"Look, Maud," said she to Madame Gorka, "there is the oak of the Della Rovere, and there the stars of the Altieri." "And I have found the column of the Colonna," replied Maud Gorka. "And you, Lydia?" said Mademoiselle Steno to Madame Maitland. "And I, the bees of the Barberini."
DEAR MOTHER, I am here in Rome, staying with my friends the Haseltines, who have a beautiful apartment that they have arranged in the most sumptuous and artistic manner in the Palazzo Altieri. Mr. Haseltine has two enormous rooms for his studio and has filled them with his faultless pictures, which are immensely admired and appreciated. His water-colors are perfection.
It was Tommaso's fault for leaving the back door open to the vineyard, and Altieri fastened it inside, so I broke in through the window to save you! We had nailed all the windows fast for your safety! Ortensia leaned back against the table and looked straight at him.
There had been a light shower before dawn, and the wet cobble-stones sent up a peculiar odour of their own, which mingled with that of the green stuff. Don Alberto did not like it and turned to his left, towards the Palazzo di Venezia, which was then the Venetian Embassy. Where the street narrows between the Altieri palace and the church, a serving-man in grey overtook him and spoke to him.
An instant later Don Alberto's tormentor had opened the coach, flung him up inside, and slammed the door on him. 'Palazzo Altieri! cried a voice the courtier had heard only once before. 'Be quick! Your master is ill! The running footman had already dropped to the ground from behind, and was at the open carriage window in an instant, springing upon the step for orders.
But there arose new difficulties, and these difficulties the government of the Holy Father diligently studied to overcome. Cardinal Altieri delivered, on the part of the Sovereign Pontiff, an energetic and moving exhortation in support of unity and concord.
'He will come here himself in a few minutes, objected Altieri. 'Take me to him, she repeated more imperiously. 'If you will not, I shall go alone.
On the following morning they were to move to the Palazzo Altieri, where Don Alberto had caused to be prepared for them the apartment that is entered by a small door on the left, halfway up the grand staircase. They had been talking of the change. 'It will seem more natural to you to live in a palace again, Stradella said in a laughing tone. 'You must have had enough of inns by this time!
My master has been arrested by mistake. He is really and truly the famous Maestro Stradella, and is a great favourite with the Roman Court, for he has sung to His Holiness himself and often to His Eminence Cardinal Altieri.
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