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Moreover, I was thoroughly fatigued, and almost glad of any excuse which would allow me to lie in bed on the following morning. I did lie in bed till nine o'clock, and then found the Greenes at breakfast. "Let us go and look at the Serbelloni Gardens," said I, as soon as the silent meal was over; "or take a boat over to the Sommariva Villa." "I should like it so much," said Sophonisba.
She had even the courage to stoop down and examine the place on the carpet where the Shape had stood, and which covered the burned spot on the floor; but this time the mysterious footsteps had failed to leave their mark. "Whatever shall I do?" said Miss Sophonisba to herself. "If Faithful was to see what I have, she'd nigh go crazy; and what excuse can we make for leaving the house?"
Miss Sophonisba is within la belle insulaire! buying a bag of marrons glacés, for which Boissier is renowned throughout civilization. The shop is a miracle of taste. The white and gold are worthy of Marie Antoinette's bedroom at St. Cloud occupied, by the way, by our English queen, when she was the guest of the French Emperor in 1855. The front of the shop is ornamented with rich and rare caskets.
Occasionally he mentioned "the Old House," and in relating the famous Sophonisba episode late at night, and only in the very fastnesses of the wine cellar, as it were, at the most lachrymose passage he spoke of "l'Oncle Celestin," with the deepest feeling. "Did you ever hear The Frenchman tell that story about Sophonisba?"
"It has been stolen before your very eyes," she continued. "Nonsense, mamma," said Sophonisba. "If ever it came out of the steamer it certainly came into the house." "I saw it out of the steamer," said Mrs. Greene, "and it certainly is not in the house. Mr. Robinson, may I trouble you to send for the police? at once, if you please, sir."
To this I made some answer, declaring that I was rather interested than otherwise in the safety of the precious trunk. "It makes me sick," said Sophonisba, "to hear her go on in that way to a perfect stranger. I heard what she said about her jewellery." "It is natural she should be anxious," I said, "seeing that it contains so much that is valuable." "Why did she bring them?" said Sophonisba.
"I tell you what it is, Faithful," said Miss Sophonisba one evening, as they sat over their tea, "if they raise the rent on us here, I won't stay." The sisters had lived in the house ever since the death of their mother, five years before. Their business had prospered, and they were conveniently situated, but, for all that, Miss Sophonisba had no mind to pay additional rent.
"It doesn't seem so bad to me," replied Moor. "There is even something about it I like." "You, you?" cried Philip. "Poor Sophonisba!" "Those carbuncle eyes! And a mouth, that looks as if she could eat nothing but sugar-plums. I don't know what tickles me to-day. Give me the palette. The outlines are tolerably good, the colors fairly shriek.
"I wouldn't pay them a farthing till I got my box," said Mrs. Greene. "That's nonsense," said Sophonisba. And so it was. "Hold your tongue, Miss!" said the step-mother. "Indeed, I shall not hold my tongue," said the step-daughter. Poor Greene!
A windy day always made her uncomfortable, recalling, too vividly perhaps, the gale in which the Federalist had gone down. Miss Sophonisba, having some work on hand which she was anxious to finish, was sitting up rather beyond her usual hour.
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