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"Assuredly," she answered bitterly, making shift to go. "Your visitor is no doubt political?" she half-asked half-asserted. But he made no answer as he held the door for her, and bowed low as she passed out. With a white face and lips tightly compressed she went, and half-way on the stairs she met a handsome woman, tall and of queenly bearing, who ascended.
She looked again at Francesco with admiring eyes, and spoke of his audacity in commending terms. This he belittled; but she persisted. "You have seen much warring, sir," she half-asked, half-asserted. "Why, yes, Madonna." And here the writhing Gonzaga espied his opportunity. "I do not call to mind your name, good sir," he purred.
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