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He was more amazed at his own boldness than he cared to own. He had not supposed that scenes of this description produced themselves so very unexpectedly, and, as it were, without any fixed intention on the part of the chief actor. He remembered that he had been very angry with Madame d'Aranjuez, that she had spoken half a dozen words, and that he had felt an irresistible impulse to kiss her.
Wait till you are married." Spicca smiled grimly and took more wine. "There at least you have no personal experience," objected Orsino. But Spicca only smiled again, and vouchsafed no answer. "Is Madame d'Aranjuez coming back next winter?" asked the young man. "Madame d'Aranjuez will probably come back, since she is free to consult her own tastes," answered Spicca gravely.
Orsino only admitted the possibility of her actually going away while believing in his heart that she would remain. He slowly retraced his steps, and it was seven o'clock before he asked the hotel porter by what train Madame d'Aranjuez was leaving.
At half-past five o'clock he entered the familiar little sitting-room in the hotel. Madame d'Aranjuez was alone, cutting a new book with the jewelled knife which continued to be the only object of the kind visible in the room. She smiled as Orsino entered, and she laid aside the volume as he sat down in his accustomed place. "I thought you were not coming," she said. "Why?"
"Who is that magnificent woman?" asked Maria Consuelo, as Corona got in. "My mother," said Orsino. "My father is getting in now." "There comes my carriage! Please help me." A modest hired brougham made its appearance. Orsino hoped that Madame d'Aranjuez would offer him a seat. But he was mistaken. "I am afraid mine is miles away," said Donna Tullia.
Apart from that, do you think that your servants will not tell your friends' servants of your sudden departure, or that Madame d'Aranjuez' going will not be observed? You ought to know Rome better than that. I ask you again, am I right or wrong?" "What difference will it make, if we are married immediately?" "She will never marry you. I am convinced of that." "How can you know?
"Have you any reason to believe that there is anything irregular about this Madame d'Aranjuez?" asked Sant' Ilario. "No. Stories of that kind are generally inventions. She has not been presented at Court but that means nothing here. And there is a doubt about her nationality but no one has asked her directly about it." "May I ask who told you the stories?"
You know much of her life, but you know nothing of mine, nor is it my intention to tell you anything about myself. But I will tell you this much. If I could do anything to mend matters, I would. If I could make it possible for you to marry Madame d'Aranjuez being what you are, and fenced in as you are, I would.
"As for me," he said, "I have been tormented all day, and have spent but one pleasant half hour. I was so fortunate as to find Madame d'Aranjuez at home, but that was enough to indemnify me for many sacrifices." "I cannot do better than say the same," observed Orsino, though with far less truth.
"At all events," thought Sant' Ilario, "the boy's new hobby will take him to places where he is not likely to meet that woman." And with this discourteous reflection upon Madame d'Aranjuez he consoled himself.
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