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'Oh, go along, said Landi, who sometimes broke into peculiar English which he thought was modern slang. Raising his voice, he said: 'The dinner is exquis exquis, so that Mr Mitchell could hear. 'I can't help noting what you've eaten tonight, Landi, though I don't usually observe these things, Edith said. 'You've had half-a-tomato, a small piece of vegetable marrow, and a sip of claret.
The priest bade Pina and Cucurullo sign too, as they said they could write, and the hunchback wrote 'Antonino Cucurullo' in a small neat hand like a seminarist's, and Pina set down her name as 'Filippina Landi. The priest, who had watched the signing, looked at her in some surprise. 'Are you married or unmarried? he asked quietly.
Bruce hung on her words and was open-mouthed while she spoke, so impressed was he at her wonderful cleverness, and at her evident success with his friends. Later on Landi, sitting in the ingle-nook with Edith, said, as he puffed a cigar: 'Tiens, ma chere Edith, tu ne vois pas quelque chose? 'What?
'Why, my dear, you forget you treated him badly! 'Then, if he'd treated me badly he wouldn't care to see me again, you mean? 'C'est probable, said Landi, selecting with care a very large cigar from a box that was being handed round. 'Now, be quite tranquil. I shall go and see him directly I leave here, and I'll let you hear every detail. Will that do?
To many temperaments things seem to matter less just now. People are reckless. 'Is it that? asked Edith. 'Perhaps it is. But I was so completely deceived in myself. 'I always knew you could be in love with him, said Landi. 'But wait a moment, Edith need the remedy be so violent? I don't ask you to live without love. Why should a woman live without the very thing she was created for?
I mean it doesn't follow that he's right about Archie. Did he try the boy's voice? she asked Edith. 'Very much. 'How? 'Well, he asked Archie to sing a few notes. 'And did he? 'Yes, he did. But they weren't the notes Landi asked him to sing. 'Oh! 'Then Landi played him two tunes, and found he didn't know one from the other. 'Well, what of that? 'Nothing at all.
While campaigning in Spain, Landi had married a Basque lady, by whom he had three children, all sons. Their mother died before the battle of Waterloo was fought; so that when Landi emigrated to America his family consisted of his three sons alone.
But, if Landi is a colorist, then are Titian and Veronese never more to be admired. In short, I have never met with the works of an artist who had a name like Landi's so utterly destitute of even the shadow of merit. There is but one word which can express their character, they are execrable!
And he's older, and he's not tied to that silly, mad girl he ran away with. And besides, I'm older. This is probably my last chance! She looked at Landi imploringly, as if begging his permission. He answered calmly: 'Ecoute, cherie. When do you see him again? 'I'm to take him for a drive tomorrow. 'My dear Edith, promise me one thing; don't undertake anything yet. 'But why not? 'You mustn't.
There exist guns, according to Fulton, perfected in England by Philip Coles and Burley, in France by Furcy, and in Italy by Landi, which are furnished with a peculiar system of closing, which can fire under these conditions. But I repeat, having no powder, I use air under great pressure, which the pumps of the Nautilus furnish abundantly." "But this air must be rapidly used?"
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