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'Of course we shall have them at the villa, said Miss Hazel. 'And we shall have to get some new dishes. Elizabetta has already broken so many plates that she has to stop and wash them between courses. Constance looked dreamily across the lake; she appeared to be thinking. 'I wonder, she inquired finally, 'if Jerry Junior knew we were here in Valedolmo?
His mind was made up; he would withdraw to-night before he was found out, and leave Valedolmo to-morrow morning by the early boat. Miss Constance Wilder should never have the satisfaction of knowing the truth. He was engaged in framing a dignified speech to Mr.
I can understand what he says. 'How simply horrible! 'Very convenient, I should say. 'If there's anything I detest, it's an Americanized Italian and here in Valedolmo of all places, where you have a right to demand something unique and romantic and picturesque and real. It's too bad of Gustavo! I shall never place any faith in his judgment again.
'It is a pity, he observed casually, 'zat you are not acquaint wif ze Signor Americano who lives in Villa Rosa. He also finds Valedolmo undiverting. He comes but often to talk wif me. He has fear of forgetting how to spik Angleesh, he says. The young man opened his eyes. 'What are you talking about a Signor Americano here in Valedolmo?
And Giuseppe that confounded Farfalla with its yellow sails floats back and forth in front of the terrace till I am on the point of having it scuttled as a public nuisance; and those three washer-women and the post-office clerk and the boy who brings milk, and Luigi and every man, woman and child in the village of Valedolmo! 'And my own dad as well? Mr. Wilder shook his head.
Nannie Hilliard was both perspicacious and fascinating, and Constance foresaw that her presence would tangle further the already tangled plot of the little comedy which was unfolding itself at Villa Rosa. But Miss Hazel, divining nothing of comedies or plots, was thrown into a pleasant flutter by the news. Guests were a luxury which occurred but seldom in the quiet monotony of Valedolmo.
'Si, signorina, sicuramente! He is just a little simple. Mr. Wilder chuckled. 'Where is he, Gustavo? I think I'd like to make that young man's acquaintance. 'I sink, signore, he is packing his trunk. He go away to-day. 'To-day, Gustavo? There was audible regret in Constance's tone. 'Why is he going? 'It is not possible for him to stand it, signorina. Valedolmo too dam slow. 'Gustavo!
They supped on minestra and fritto misto washed down with the red wine of Grotta del Monte, which, their host assured them, was famous through all the country. He could not believe that they had never heard of it in Valedolmo. People sent for it from far off, even from Verona. They finished their supper and the famous wine, but there was still no diligence.
'Si, signore. 'And why, may I ask, should an intelligent American family be living in Valedolmo? 'I do not know, signore. I have heard ze Signor Papa's healf was no good, and ze doctors in Americk' zay say to heem, "You need change, to breave ze beautiful climate of Italia." And he say, "All right, I go to Valedolmo." It is small, signore, but ver' famosa. Oh, yes, molto famosa.
Hilliard" sounds so absurdly formal, when I have known your sister so long and so well. We are spending the summer here in Valedolmo, and Mrs. Eustace and Nannie have promised to stop with us for a few days, provided you can be persuaded to pause in your mad rush through Europe. Now please take pity on us guests are such unusual luxuries, and as for men!
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