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'I'm an American one of your own countrymen; if you had a grain of charity in your nature you would let the cake go. She shook her head relentlessly. 'Five days at Valedolmo! You would not believe the straits I've been driven to in search of amusement. 'Yes? There was a touch of curiosity in her tone. 'What for example? 'I am teaching Gustavo how to play tennis. 'Oh! she said.
He appeared, on the contrary, quite unusually cheerful as he sauntered, whistling, across the court and seated himself in the exact chair the signorina had occupied. He plunged his hand into his pocket suggestively Gustavo had been the only one omitted in the distribution of silver and drew forth a roll of bills.
'We must call on them at once and bring them back to the house. 'I suppose we must. Constance agreed with an uncordial sigh. Fifteen minutes later they were on their way to the Hotel du Lac, while Elizabetta, on her knees in the villa guest-room, was vigorously scrubbing the mosaic floor. Gustavo hurried out to meet them.
'Sorry to hurry you, but you know my vacation doesn't last for ever. 'Love to Aunt Kate and yourself, 'Yours ever, 'JERRY. He turned the letters over to Gustavo with a five-franc note, leaving Gustavo to decide with his own conscience whether the money was intended for himself or the steward of the Regina Margarita.
You must know at your age, Gustavo, that a man can't enjoy a view by himself; it takes two for that sort of thing. Yes, the truth is that I am lonely. You can see yourself to what straits I am pushed for conversation. If I had your command of language, now, I would talk to the German Alpine climbers. An idea flashed over Gustavo's features. 'Ah, zat is it! Why does not ze signore climb mountains?
The waiter hovered over him, divided between a desire to return to his siesta, and a sympathetic interest in the young man's troubles. Never before in the history of his connexion with the Hotel du Lac had Gustavo experienced such a munificent, companionable, expansive, entertaining, thoroughly unique and inexplicable guest. Even the fact that he was American scarcely accounted for everything.
'Signore, in a conspiratorial whisper, 'zay are come, ze aunt and ze sister. 'I know the Signorina Costantina told me so. Gustavo blinked. 'But, signore, she does not know it. 'Yes, she does she saw 'em herself. 'I mean, signore, she does not know zat you are ze brover? 'Oh, no, she doesn't know that.
I hope, she added anxiously, 'that he talks good Italian? 'I don't know about his Italian, but he talks uncommonly good English. 'English! There was reproach, disgust, disillusionment, in her tone. 'Not really, father? 'Yes, really and truly almost as well as I do. He has lived in New York and he speaks English like a dream real English not the Gustavo Lieutenant di Ferara kind.
A flush crept over Tony's face and his mouth took a straighter line as he continued to gaze down on the roof of Villa Rosa. His reflections were presently interrupted by a knock. He turned and threw the door open with a fling. 'Well? he inquired. Gustavo took a step backward. 'Scusi, signore, but zay are eating ze dessart and in five ten minutes ze omnibus will arrive.
'Oh, yes, said Jerry, 'we've fooled lots of people. Gustavo doesn't understand, and Giuseppe, you noticed, looked rather dazed. Then there's Lieutenant Carlo di Ferara 'Oh! said Constance, her face suddenly blank. 'You can explain to him now, said her father, peering through the trees. A commotion had suddenly arisen on the terrace the rumble of wheels, the confused mingling of voices.
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