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Updated: May 4, 2025
"Monsieur," said the girl, taking the coin, "my master is the famous bookseller Lamporani of Milan, one of the leaders of the revolution, and the conspirator of all others whom Austria would most like to have in the Spielberg." "A bookseller's wife! Ah, so much the better," thought he; "we are on an equal footing. And what is her family?" he added, "for she looks like a queen."
He asked for Prince Gandolphini, sending in his card, and was immediately received by the false Lamporani, who came forward to meet him, welcomed him with the best possible grace, and took him to walk on a terrace whence there was a view of Geneva, the Jura, the hills covered with villas, and below them a wide expanse of the lake.
This obvious disagreement between the Italian lady's rank and her manners was a fresh puzzle to Rodolphe, who suspected some further trick like Gina's assumed dumbness. "Where would you go, Signora Lamporani?" he asked. "Towards Lucerne," replied Francesca in French.
"You cannot tell me whether within a week or so a bookseller from Milan has come with his wife named Lamporani, one of the leaders of the last revolution?" "I could easily find out by going to the Foreigners' Club," said the jeweler.
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