ascondi

Updated: May 8, 2025

As the season expanded, and the fine weather became confirmed, she modified even this form of service, and spent her time in the fields, appearing at the house only when nature importunately craved molasses. She had a parrot-like quickness, so far as music was concerned, and learned from the Roman statuary to make the groves and half-finished houses resound, "Camicia rossa, Ove t' ascondi?

William Dean Howells - Suburban Sketches