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Gianbattista could not help laughing, but he shook his head as though to explain that it was not his fault if he was violent with such a man. "It is very wrong to threaten people, Tista," repeated Don Paolo; "and besides it does not hurt me, what Marzio says. Let us all be calm. Marzio, let us discuss this matter reasonably. Tista, do not be angry at anything that is said.
But Gianbattista would not let him. "For heaven's sake," cried the priest in great distress, "no violence, Tista I will call the men " "Never fear," answered the apprentice quietly; "the man is a coward." "To me you dare to say that to me!" exclaimed Marzio, drawing back at the same time. "Yes it is quite true. But do not suppose that I think any the worse of you on that account, Sor Marzio."
You know how very, very much my 'Tista wants to be a chemist, so I needn't say anything about that. Well, he must be brought up to something, you know; he must learn to be something when the time comes for him to live without me, and I don't think, Herr Ritter, it will be very long before before that time comes, now." I noted again that the old man did not contradict her.
You are an angel, Lucia, darling." "Everybody is telling me so to-day," answered the young girl. "Papa, you " "Of course. It is quite true, my heart, and so every one repeats it. What do you think? Will he come home to dinner? It is only eleven o'clock perhaps I ought to go back and work at the ewer. Somehow I do not want to see him just now " "Stay with me, Tista.
We could only change for worse if we began to love each other less, and that is impossible. But papa! Why should he not change for the better? Who can tell you, Tista, dear, that in a moment, in a second, after you were gone, he was not sorry for all he had done? It may have been in an instant. Why not?" "Things done so very quickly are not done well," answered the young man.
Never a day passes, but you bring me something, wine or fruit or some piece of dainty fare; and as for 'Tista, there is nothing he does not owe to you! All he knows, you have taught him. We can never repay you." "My dear Frau 'Lora, who thinks of such things twice? Chut! But you look ill and over-tired this evening. You have been to the town again?" "Yes." "I thought so.
The Signora Pandolfi explained as well as she could, frequently giving way to her grief in passionate sobs. She was incoherent, but the facts were so simple that Marzio understood them. He was standing by the table, his hand resting upon the wooden case he had brought, and his face was very pale. "Let me understand," he said at last. "Tista was on the ladder.
'Tista was born there, and soon after I got some news of my old home from a wandering pedlar, who had passed through the village where I used to live. My aunt was dead, and my sister had married, married a rich inn-keeper; a match as far above our station as mine had been below it. Well, Herr Ritter, my husband was badly hurt in a quarrel one evening in one of the squares.
It is early, Tista " she hesitated, "Dear Tista," she began again, her dark eyes resting anxiously on his face, "what will you say to him in the workshop? You will tell him that I would rather die than marry Carnesecchi, that we are solemnly promised, that nothing shall part us! You will make him see reason, Tista, will you not?
"Courage, mamma," said Lucia, "it will do you good to walk. Besides, there is the omnibus. What did he say, Tista? Am I not right?" "Who knows? He is very quiet," replied the apprentice. "What is it? What are you right about, my heart?" asked Maria Luisa. "She thinks Sor Marzio has suddenly turned into a sugar doll," answered Gianbattista, with a laugh. "It may be.
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