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The weather was unusually rainy, and all the plain about Santa Clara was under water; but we reached Monterey in time. I again was welcomed by my friends, Dona Augustias, Manuelita, and the family, and it was resolved that I should take two of the boys home with me and put them at Georgetown College for education, viz., Antonio and Porfirio, thirteen and eleven years old.
First, it was only hinted at, but afterward the talk spread and became louder that Manuelita deceived her husband; she loved another, Jacopo's friend. Jacopo did not at first mind this talk, but one evening he saw Manuelita fly at Parlo and offer him her sweet lips to kiss, and it enraged him to think that the people were in the right.
Much of his journal during his stay is taken up with the accounts of social and official entertainments in which he shared. "On the 5th of November I was invited to a ball at the Victoria Theatre, where, as on all similar occasions, I danced the first quadrille with the charming 'Manuelita," the daughter of Rosas.
When the Ice Bird with sails unfurled left Marseilles, Jacopo felt somewhat dissatisfied with himself, and sometimes it appeared to him as if Manuelita had changed. Beautiful and lovely she still appeared, but her manner made some impression on Jacopo, and by degrees he found that others also thought his young, lovely wife had undergone a change.
Manuelita saw that Jacopo was quite unconcerned, and looking at the roaring, rising waves she again grew calm and again watched Parlo. He also seemed careless; he laughed and joked, and, behind Jacopo's back, stole many a kiss from his beloved. A bright flash of lightning came down; the thunder rolled, and the black, cloudy wall rose ever higher on the blue horizon.
It was the largest and best hall then in California. The ball was really a handsome affair, and we kept it up nearly all night. The next morning we were at breakfast: present, Dona Augustias, and Manuelita, Halleck, Murray, and myself. We were dull and stupid enough until a gun from the fort aroused us, then another and another.
From this time, when Jacopo realized Manuelita's faithlessness he resolved to destroy her and her lover, and that the boat which bore the name of the faithless wife should become the instrument to carry out his revenge! One morning Jacopo said to Manuelita: "The weather is delightful; I think I shall take a fishing cruise. Will you accompany me?"
Jacopo, am I to tell you the name of the little one?" "Manuelita" it sounded gently like a breath from the lips of Jacopo. "You have liked this beautiful child since you first saw her, and one day you took heart and you went to Manuelita's father " "Who turned me out like a beggar," interrupted Jacopo, gloomily. "That he did not do," continued the count, coolly.
The weather was unusually rainy, and all the plain about Santa Clara was under water; but we reached Monterey in time. I again was welcomed by my friends, Dona Augustias, Manuelita, and the family, and it was resolved that I should take two of the boys home with me and put them at Georgetown College for education, viz., Antonio and Porfirio, thirteen and eleven years old.
In six, in twelve months, the thought of leaving Manuelita will surely make you unhappy; I know man, and I know you." Jacopo looked toward the ground rather ashamed; he was aware that the count had spoken the truth. "Nor do I demand that you should leave her." Jacopo breathed a great deal easier. "What am I to do?" he inquired hastily.
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