Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 16, 2025
She is now an orphan, and residing with a companion, a Signora Venosta, who was once a singer of some repute at the Neapolitan Theatre, in the orchestra of which her husband was principal performer; but she relinquished the stage several years ago on becoming a widow, and gave lessons as a teacher. She has the character of being a scientific musician, and of unblemished private respectability.
With all the homage due to a sex of which I am enthused dreadful, I decline to designate the florist from whom I purchased Mrs. Morley's head-fixings." "Wicked man!" cried the Venosta, shaking her finger at him coquettishly. "You are jealous!
When the Venosta re-entered, she was followed by the servants, bringing in a daintier meal than they had known for days a genuine rabbit, potatoes, marrons glaces, a bottle of wine, and a pannier of wood. The fire was soon lighted, the Venosta plying the bellows.
Louvier here turned to address himself to Colonel Morley, but finding that degenerate son of America indisposed to get cent. per cent. for his money when offered by a Parisian, he very soon took his leave. The other visitors followed his example, except Rameau, who was left alone with the Venosta and Isaura.
The minister, Visconti Venosta, in a circular letter, renewed his calumnies, pretending that a hostile power existed in the centre of Italy, and hypocritically declared that it had become necessary that the government of his master should assume the protection of the Holy See.
Madame Rameau swept her hand over her eyes, glanced round the room, and noticing the Venosta in dressing-robe and slippers, staring with those Italian eyes, in seeming so quietly innocent, in reality so searchingly shrewd, she whispered pleadingly, "May I speak to you a few minutes alone?"
Morley said, with her wonted sprightly tone of command, "Now, Mr. Vane, you have no option but to take care of me to the shawl- room." Madame Savarin and Signora Venosta had each found their cavaliers, the Italian still retaining hold of the portly connoisseur, and the Frenchwoman accepting the safeguard of the Vicomte de Breze. As they descended the stairs, Mrs.
The Venosta had the frais of making talk to herself.
With all the homage due to a sex of which I am enthused dreadful, I decline to designate the florist from whom I purchased Mrs. Morley's head-fixings." "Wicked man!" cried the Venosta, shaking her finger at him coquettishly. "You are jealous!
When that great authority thus left his patient's case in the hands of the mother, she said, "The boy shall be saved." Isaura was seated beside the Venosta, to whom, of late, she seemed to cling with greater fondness than ever, working at some piece of embroidery a labour from which she had been estranged for years; but now she had taken writing, reading, music, into passionate disgust.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking