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Updated: May 16, 2025
Dora said simply that she had never named the Princess di Borgesi because she was a person whom she did not care to remember. Fifteen months passed, and at length came a letter from Lord Earle, saying that he hoped to reach England before Christmas, and in any case would be with them by Christmas day.
Prince di Borgesi smiled, thinking how much of the fair coquette's admiration went to the artist's talent, and how much to his handsome face. They entered the long gallery, where some of the finest pictures in Italy were hung. The prince led the ladies to the southern end.
It was a great pleasure to leave the solitary little villa and sit in the brilliant salon of Lady Charteris's well-appointed home. It was pleasant to exchange dull monotony for sparkling conversation and gay society. Valentine had many admirers. Every one knew the Prince di Borgesi would gladly have laid his fortune and title at her feet; but she cared for neither.
Thorne would never have married her." Prince di Borgesi smiled approval of the young lady's reply. "You admire my picture, Miss Charteris?" he asked. "The more so because it is the work of an old friend," said Valentine; and again the prince admired the grace of her words. "Any other woman in her place," he thought, "would have blushed and coquetted. How charming she is!"
I may now add Sir Henry Holt and Prince Borgesi to my list. You forget, papa, we have lived out of the world." Lord Earle remembered with pleasure that it was true. "You will soon be in the midst of a new world," he said, "and before you enter society I thought it better to give you this warning.
A luncheon of fruit and wine was brought out into the garden, and they talked merrily of Earlescourt and the dear old friends there; of the ball and Prince di Borgesi; in all of which Dora felt that she had no share. Who was this beautiful lady, with her fair face and golden hair? The same face she saw that Ronald had painted in his picture, and every one admired. How graceful she was!
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