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"But why, my lord?" cried old Fabrizio at last, his arms outstretched towards the Count, his voice quivering with intensity. "Santissima Vergine! Why?" "Because to give you but one reason out of many the man you ask me to overthrow and supplant is of my own blood." And but that his tone was calm they might have held that he rebuked them.
I rose from my seat near the Punto d'Angelo. It was growing late in the afternoon. From the little church below me soft bells rang out the Angelus, and with them chimed in a solemn and harsher sound from the turret of the Monte Vergine.
One day a young officer of my company said to me: 'You will spoil your voice if you keep on singing like that' for I suppose I was fond of shouting in those days. 'You should learn how to sing, he said to me; 'you must study. He introduced me to a young man who at once took an interest in me and brought me to a singing master named Vergine. I sang for him, but he was very discouraging.
Virgo Potens 4. Virgo Veneranda. 5. Virgo Prædicanda. 6. Virgo Clemens. 7. Virgo Sapientissima. 8. Sancta Virgo Virginum. Ital. La Vergine Gloriosa. La Gran Vergine delle Vergini. Fr. La Grande Vierge.
"Neither in the confessional nor out of it have I heard anything whatever from him concerning any such matter as that of which you speak." "He is a young man?" "Yes." "And the owner of the land known as the Terra Vergine?" "Yes." "And his land is comprised in that which will be taken by the projected works?" "Yes." "Are you sure that he has not sent you here?"
Gianna was an old woman, half house-servant, half farm-servant, wholly friend; she had lived at the Terra Vergine all her life; big, gaunt, and very strong, she could do the work of a man, although she was over seventy years of age; burnt black by the sun, and with a pile of grey hair like the hank of flax on her distaff, she was feared by the whole district for her penetrating glance and her untiring energy.
Can you think that I should invent this to torture you? There will be a process, a sentence, an award; the money the law allots to you will be strictly paid to you; but you will be driven away form the Terra Vergine. Realise this. Try and keep your reason and save your son from madness.
However, he dared not attempt it as the signorino had said "Wait." After a few minutes of miserable uncertainty, during which he invoked the assistance of the saints "Che fare! Che fare! Santa Vergine, aiutatemi!" he decided to go and find the signorino himself. He was half way down the lane when he heard shots.
They had carried them around the Piazza when they came in the early morning before the crowd "Santa Vergine wasn't that enough for them! to get a sight of all the grand balconies where the nobili were to be, with the garlands and the tapestries and the curtains of velvet and brocade, and the beautiful paintings, and the banners of San Marco, and the great golden horses in the Piazza the wonderful golden horses up so high, thou knowest, eh, Battista?
I slept heavily; she must have unlocked the door, for it was undone at dawn; her bed is empty, she has not returned." "You speak of Nerina?" "Of Nerina, reverence. I did all I could. It was not my fault. She was like a hawk in a cage." "I am grieved," he said; and he thought: "Is it Adone?" He feared so. "Is she not at the Terra Vergine?" he asked. Alaida shook her head. "No, reverend sir.
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