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Updated: July 3, 2025
He had never heard such a voice in the Piazza it was rare even in the palazzo; it was the voice of some sweet and gracious woman with a soul too large for the world; it held a suggestion of peace and convent bells and even-songs of nuns. Then, still more passionately, the desire overcame him to paint that face for his Madonna; he would never give it up!
He went to her. She put her hands behind her and looked at him in the face for a long time. The even-songs of the birds mixed with the scent of the roses; the blue shadow of the twilight was darkening over the trees at the foot of her garden. "Do you remember the oleanders?" she said. "I never breathe in such a twilight as this without seeing before me the oleanders outlined against its blue.
Crickets were singing their even-songs all along the road. Whippoor-wills and tree toads shrilled their calls, also. From Pond Lily Lake, they heard faint, sweet sounds in the distance as the frog concert began. "It has been a lovely day, Mammy," said Silver Ears. "I would like to live away out in the country." "Where there are sweet, juicy ears of corn," added Buster.
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