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"But it is my dearest wish to get it straightened out," she added quickly, as she saw the troubled look on her mother's face. "What is your dearest wish?" she asked Rafael, who was reading a letter from his mother. "I have none," he answered, "since the Signora has been so good as to bring me to this wonderful city." "Oh, Rafael!"
English words floated across to the American people, although the voice which spoke them was an Italian one. "Signor Rafael Valla will now present his troupe of trained tops," said the voice. The American girl watched the group eagerly. Rafael the boy of the boat and the serenade knelt in the center, with a collection of tops on the pavement beside him.
They did not move his strength of purpose. Ah, ha! It was so strong in David that he absorbed them and fed on them; and yet he was within an ace very often. See! That is what I, miserable contemptible wretch, cannot do. So I must hang! Very soon the man with the spear will be after me. Rafael now set off running; probably he wished to escape the man with the spear.
I know perfectly well how your mother hates me, and I've even heard about the squabbles you've had at home over coming here. Well, we must put a stop to all that! I am going to ask you not to visit me any more. I will always be your friend; but if we stop seeing each other it will be to the advantage of us both." That was a painful thrust for Rafael. So she knew!
"Stranger things than that have happened," Rafael snapped boldly, and imitating her sarcastic smile. "It's humanly conceivable that even you should wind up by falling in love with even me out of pity, of course!" "No," answered Leonora bluntly. "It's not even humanly conceivable.
And poor Mariano strove to be ideal, to catch a little of that beatific serenity which surrounded his master. Little by little he came to understand the methods which Don Rafael employed to create these masterpieces which called forth cries of admiration from his circle of canons and the rich ladies that gave him commissions for pictures.
Morning was coming on, and the leaden curtains of the sky were rent in the direction of the sea, allowing a livid light to filter through. Leonora shivered as if from cold, and snuggled instinctively against Rafael. With a shake of her head she seemed to rout a troop of painful thoughts, and stretching out a hand to him she said: "Which shall it be? Friends, or distant acquaintances?
"Ah, señor!" replied Rafael, "let me pass, for I see that in great danger which I most love in this world." The knight let him pass, but before he could reach the spot, the crew of the flagship's boat had already taken on board Marco Antonio and Leocadia, who never let him out of her arms.
What could you do with such ignorant, commonplace people! And some wretches were still talking about the rights of man and revolutions! Cotoner, who expended incredible care in keeping his single suit presentable for calls and dinners, questioned López de Sosa with astonishment in regard to the progress of his wardrobe. "How many ties have you now, Rafael?" "About seven hundred."
Rafael had been no match for that energetic mother, the soul of "the Party." Meekly he had promised never to return to the Blue House, never to call again on that "loose woman" doña Bernarda actually hissed as she said the word. However, the upshot of it all had been that Rafael simply discovered how weak he was.
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