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The commonplaces concerning father, sisters, health, weather, sickened him when uttered, so much that for a time he was unobservant of Emilia's ready exchange of them. To a compliment on her appearance, she said: "You like this dress? I will tell you the history of it. I call it the Branciani dress. Mr. Powys designed it for me. The Countess Branciani was his friend.
One night she said to him, 'You have a spy who betrays you. The General never suspected Countess Branciani. Women are devils of cleverness sometimes. "But he did suspect it must be her husband thinking, I suppose, 'How otherwise would she have known he was my spy? He gave Count Branciani secret work and high pay. Then he set a watch on him.
The girl looked a brilliant woman in a superb Venetian dress of purple velvet, which she called 'the Branciani dress, and once attired in it, and the rich purges and swelling creases over the shoulders puffed out to her satisfaction, and the run of yellow braid about it properly inspected and flattened, she would not return to her more homely wear, though very soon her mother began to whimper and say that she had lost her so long, and now that she had found her it hardly seemed the same child.
And his reason was, that as she went to the Governor's, she might accidentally, by a word or a sign, show that she was an accomplice in the conspiracy. He wished to save her from a suspicion. Brave Branciani!" Emilia had a little shudder of excitement. "Only," she added, "why will men always think women are so weak?
Powys from what he remembered of a dress worn by Countess Branciani, of Venice. He had it made to give to me. It came from Paris. Countess Branciani was one of his dearest friends. I feel that I am twice as much his friend with this on me. Mother, it seems like a deep blush all over me. I feel as if I looked out of a rose." She spread her hands to express the flower magnified.
So she had the full mystery of his loving her to think over, without a spot of the weakness to fasten on. Georgiana's first sight of Emilia in her Branciani dress shut her heart against the girl with iron clasps. She took occasion to remark, "We need not expect visitors so very early;" but the offender was impervious.
So she had the full mystery of his loving her to think over, without a spot of the weakness to fasten on. Georgiana's first sight of Emilia in her Branciani dress shut her heart against the girl with iron clasps. She took occasion to remark, "We need not expect visitors so very early;" but the offender was impervious.
He entreated her to. Thereat she pulled gently for her hand, and persisting, it was grudgingly let go. "One night Countess Branciani put the Austrians on her husband's track. He knew that she was true to her country, and had no fear of her, whether she touched the Black-yellow gold or not. But he did not confide any, of his projects to her.
And his reason was, that as she went to the Governor's, she might accidentally, by a word or a sign, show that she was an accomplice in the conspiracy. He wished to save her from a suspicion. Brave Branciani!" Emilia had a little shudder of excitement. "Only," she added, "why will men always think women are so weak?
"Not," he resumed, taking jealousy to counsel, now that he had advanced a step: "Not that I would detain you against your will! I can't expect to make such a figure at the end of the piece as your Count Branciani who, by the way, served his friends oddly, however well he may have served his country." "His friends?" She frowned. "Did he not betray the conspirators?
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