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Uncertainty was behind the curtain, as well as in front; but in front it was the uncertainty which is tipped with expectation, hushing the usual noisy chatter, and setting a daylight of eyes forward. Ammiani spied about the house, and caught sight of Laura Piaveni with Colonel Corte by her side. The Lenkensteins were in the Archduke's box.
Ammiani arrested him as he was about to pass. "Stay, monsieur; you determine to be impudent, I perceive; you shall not be obtrusive." Vittoria had tremblingly taken old Agostino's hand, and had risen to her feet.
After appearing to weigh the matter, he answered, "The umbrella will be of no further service to them to-night." Ammiani laughed, and begged to be forgiven; but he could have done nothing more flattering. Sore at all points, tricked and ruined, irascible under the sense of his injuries, hating everybody and not honouring himself, Wilfrid was fast growing to be an eccentric by profession.
Carlo Ammiani had to communicate that he had just seen a black circle to Vittoria's name on two public playbills. His endeavour to ape a deliberate gravity while he told the tale, roused Agostino's humouristic ire. 'Round her name? said Agostino. 'Yes; in every bill. 'Meaning that she is suspected! 'Meaning any damnable thing you like. 'It's a device of the enemy.
This interview began with lively recriminations, and was resulting in nothing for Anna refused to be shaken by his statement that the Countess d'Isorella had betrayed her, and perceived that she was listening to suspicions only when, to give his accusation force, Wilfrid said that Brescia had surrendered and that Count Ammiani had escaped. "And I thank God for it!"
I shall be an attentive listener like you, my friend. I speak no more." Merthyr went with him to the house of a carpenter, where in one of the uppermost chambers communicating with the roof, Ugo Corte, Marco Sana, Giulio Bandinelli, and others, sat waiting for the arrival of Carlo Ammiani; when he came Carlo had to bear with the looks of mastiffs for being late.
This interview began with lively recriminations, and was resulting in nothing for Anna refused to be shaken by his statement that the Countess d'Isorella had betrayed her, and perceived that she was listening to suspicions only when, to give his accusation force, Wilfrid said that Brescia had surrendered and that Count Ammiani had escaped. "And I thank God for it!"
Countess Ammiani and Countess d'Isorella sat together throughout the agitation of the day. The life prayed for by one seemed a wisp of straw flung on this humming furnace. Countess Ammiani was too well used to defeat to believe readily in victory, and had shrouded her head in resignation too long to hope for what she craved. Her hands were joined softly in her lap.
"Perhaps you forget that Count Ammiani is a perfect swordsman, Anna." "Weisspriess remembers it for me, perhaps; is that your idea, Lena?" "He might do so profitably. You have thrown him on two swords." "Merely to provoke the third. He is invincible. If he were not, where would his use be?" "Oh, how I loathe revenge!" cried Lena. "You cannot love!" her sister retorted.
Partly for the sake of getting peace of mind for she was shocked by her temporary inability to command repose but with some hope of convincing Carlo that she strove to be of use to him, she sent for the spy Luigi, and at a cost of two hundred and twenty Austrian florins, obtained his promise upon oath to follow Count Ammiani into Brescia, if necessary, and deliver to him a letter she had written, wherein Nagen's name was mentioned, and Carlo was advised to avoid personal risks; the letter hinted that he might have incurred a private enmity, and he had better keep among his friends.
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