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For after all, sweet, is there another woman in existence better qualified to fill the position of my mother-in-law? I could not behave unkindly to her; I could not treat her with neglect or harshness; not merely for the sake of her many admirable qualities, but from other considerations, Venetia, considerations we never can forget. By heavens! I love your mother; I do, indeed, Venetia!
In his youth he had been in the Imperator's service, and had likewise worked in the arsenal of Venetia.
'We must not dwell on the past, said Masham; 'we must think only of the future. 'Venetia has no future, I fear, said Lord Cadurcis. 'Why not? said Masham; 'she is yet a girl, and with a prospect of a long life. She must have a future, and I hope, and I believe, it will yet be a happy one.
'There never were such persons, perhaps, said Venetia, 'but it is not true that there never were such things as papas and husbands, for all people have papas; you must have had a papa, Mistress Pauncefort? 'To be sure I had, said Mistress Pauncefort, bridling up. 'And a mamma too? said Venetia. 'As honest a woman as ever lived, said Mistress Pauncefort.
In his will he desired to be buried by his beautiful Venetia in Christ Church, Newgate, and that no mention should be made of him on the tomb, where he had engraved four Latin inscriptions to her memory. But Ferrar wrote an epitaph for him: "Under this tomb the matchless Digby lies, Digby the great, the valiant, and the wise," etc. The Great Fire destroyed the tomb, and scattered their ashes.
Time flew on, and every minute Venetia was more sensible of the impossibility of rising to welcome her mother. That mother at length returned; Venetia could not again mistake the wheels of the returning carriage. Some minutes passed, and there was a knock at her door. With a choking voice Venetia bade them enter. It was Pauncefort. 'Well, Miss, she exclaimed, 'if you ayn't here, after all!
Had, then, Cadurcis again met Venetia only to find her the bride or the betrothed of another? a mortifying situation, even an intolerable one, if his feelings remained unchanged; and if the eventful year that had elapsed since they parted had not replaced her image in his susceptible mind by another more cherished, and, perhaps, less obdurate.
The treaty of Villafranca which followed Solferino proved a bitter deception: Venetia was not secured, Venice remained enthralled. Nevertheless the Milanese was conquered from the foe, and then Tuscany and the duchies of Parma and Modena voted for annexation. So, at all events, the nucleus of the Italian star was formed; the country had begun to build itself up afresh around victorious Piedmont.
This is your garden; it shall always be called Venetia's garden. 'I would have taken care of it when you were away, but 'But what? inquired Lord Cadurcis anxiously. 'We hardly felt authorised, replied Venetia calmly. 'We came at first when you left Cadurcis, but at last it did not seem that our presence was very acceptable. 'The brutes! exclaimed Lord Cadurcis.
Yes, Venetia! you must, you will he mine? 'Plantagenet, she replied, in a solemn tone, 'yours I never can be. 'You do not, then, love me? said Cadurcis reproachfully, and in a voice of great feeling. 'It is impossible for you to be loved more than I love you, said Venetia. 'My own Venetia! said Cadurcis; 'Venetia that I dote on! what does this mean? Why, then, will you not be mine?
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