populino

Updated: May 28, 2025

But, Bice, that lady was only too happy to be invited to the Palazzo Populino. To make one of our expeditions was her pride. I believe in my soul," cried the Contessa, "that when she looks back she remembers those days as the most bright of her life." Bice's clear shining eyes rested upon her patroness with a light in them which was keen with indignation and wonder.

Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - Sir Tom

Poverina! she keeps herself for the afternoon which is charitable, and the light of the lamps which is flattering. But she remembers other days alas! in which she was not afraid of the sun himself, not even of the mid-day, nor of the dawn when it comes in above the lamps. There was a certain bal costumé in Florence, a year when many English came to the Populino palace. But why do I talk of that?

Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - Sir Tom