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Updated: July 28, 2025
Suddenly there was a clatter of steps behind her, and she turned to see one of the boys, holding out his hand 'Signora! un soldino! She walked fast, shaking her head. 'Non ho niente niente. He followed her, still begging, his whining note passing into something more insolent. She hurried on.
As he placed his penny in the tattered hat of his small preserver, he bestowed upon him a smile so benignant that all the rival ragamuffins assembled upon the ferry-landing took heart of hope and shouted, as one boy: "Un soldino, Signor! Un soldino!"
A bird, hidden somewhere among the foliage, in the garden, chose that moment for making a melodious observation to his mate, while a somewhat timid and tentative baby-voice from the quay lisped: "Un soldino," not with any business intention but merely by way of practice. The whole thing was so incredibly pretty that there was nothing to be said about it, and for a number of seconds no one spoke.
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