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Updated: May 12, 2025
"Oh, my permission does not matter'" said Sovrani eyeing him narrowly, "Whatever gives pleasure to Angela must needs please me. She is all that is left to me now in an exceedingly dull world. A riverderci! At eight we dine."
A riverderci, Signora Corriani. Come, dearest." He bustled them all out, seized two suitcases in one hand and Mary's elbow in the other, chattered his few words of Italian to the janitress, chaffed Miss Mason, and had them all laughing by the time they reached the street. He seemed in the highest spirits, his moods of the last weeks forgotten.
"And I thought long and deeply before I decided to be the companion of Aubrey's life and work!" said Sylvie resolutely. "And neither the Pope or a whole college of Cardinals will change my love or prevent my marriage. A riverderci!" "A riverderci!" echoed Angela, raising herself a little to receive the kiss her friend tenderly pressed on her cheeks.
What day, and at what hour shall I expect you?" Gherardi considered a moment. "I will write," he said at last, "I cannot at this moment fix the time, but I will not fail to give you notice. A riverderci! Benedicite!" And he left her abruptly at the gates, walking rapidly in the direction of the Vatican.
"And now Ricardo is waiting to go to San Sebastiano, so you must amuse yourself for an hour or two. I have had the billiard-table recovered, and the cushions are fairly good. You will find books in the library, perhaps a portfolio of my earlier drawings " "Billiards!" exclaimed the American, fervently, whereupon the Count laughed. "Till I return, then, a riverderci!"
As she rose to leave she said, musingly, "How strange it is that this master of crime and intrigue should betray himself through the one good and unselfish emotion of his life!" "Samson was shorn of his strength by the fingers of a woman," he said. "Yes. Many good men have been betrayed by evil women, but it is not often that evil men meet their punishment through good ones. And now a riverderci."
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