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Updated: May 16, 2025
'Gustavo, she said, 'I hope, for the sake of your immortal soul, that you go often to confession. The eggs were not heavy, but Gustavo insisted upon carrying them; he was determined to see her safely aboard the Farfalla, with no further accidents possible.
He found the Farfalla bobbing at the foot of the water-steps with Mr. Wilder and Miss Hazel already embarked. Constance stepped out from the door as Tony emerged from the bushes. She regarded him in startled surprise; he was still in some slight disarray from his encounter with the lieutenant. 'May I speak to you, Miss Wilder? I won't detain you but a moment.
"There is no country so rich in it as Italy. These are the arms of the Farfalla, the original owners of this property. Or, seme of twenty roses gules; the crest, on a rose gules, a butterfly or, with wings displayed; and the motto how could the heralds ever have sanctioned such an unheraldic and unheroic motto? Rosa amorosa, Farfalla giojosa, Mi cantano al cuore La gioja e l' amore.
Wearily, patiently, "No, Signorino," she replied. "Neither have I," said he, "and I don't desire to." Marietta shrugged her shoulders; then returned gallantly to her charge. "If you would care to visit the castle, Signorino, you could see the crypt which contains the tombs of the family of Farfalla, the former owners. They are of black marble and alabaster, with gilding very rich.
'Addio, Gustavo. He bowed until his napkin swept the ground. 'Addio, Costantina, she waved her hand toward her namesake. The washer-woman laughed again, and her earrings flashed in the sunlight. Giuseppe raised the yellow sail; they caught the breeze, and the Farfalla floated away.
Giuseppe pushed off and Constance was left standing alone on the water-steps. She turned as Tony approached; there was a touch of defiance in her manner. 'Well? He came to her side and leaned carelessly against the parapet, his eyes on the Farfalla as she tossed and dipped in the wash of the Regina Margarita which was just puffing out from the village landing.
At the end of the grove, half a dozen broad stone steps dip down to a tiny harbour which is carpeted on the surface with lily pads. The steps are worn by the lapping waves of fifty years, and are grown over with slippery, slimy water weeds. The world was just stirring from its afternoon siesta, when the Farfalla dropped her yellow sails and floated into the shady little harbour.
We agreed therefore to consider that the beauty of the morning had exhausted the good fortune and, if so, the farfalla had done the thing handsomely.
The Farfalla, anchored at the foot of the water-steps in a blaze of sunshine, was dipping up and down in drowsy harmony with the lapping waves; she was for the moment abandoned, Giuseppe being engaged with a nap in the shade of the cypress trees at the end of the drive.
And the Jews wanted to turn this haunted castle into an hotel... As a tribute to the memory of the Farfalla, I take pains to see that their arms, which are carved, as you see them here, in at least a hundred different places, are remetalled and retinctured as often as time and the weather render it necessary."
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