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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XI THE ENGLISH FOR FEDE In Mrs Egremont's salon, about nine o'clock, Cecco, the Marchese's valet, peeped in at the door, where Rosa was engaged in dusting the furniture. 'Good morning, signorina, ' he said in Italian, just poking his head somewhat tentatively round the corner. 'Good morning, ' Rosa repeated in her own Teutonic variety of the Tuscan dialect. She was a cosmopolitanised Bernese, and spoke most European languages in a more or less broken fashion. 'The young signore not yet come back?' Cecco inquired with curiosity. No, ' Rosa answered, playing carelessly with her duster. She pretended to be busy with the objects on the mantelpiece. 'He left a note on his table for Number Twenty, to say he had gone up for a climb on the Rothenspitze, and might be out all night. But Number Twenty doesn't like it, I'm sure of that: she's been crying all night, I think: her eyes are red and swollen this morning.' 'Something's gone wrong, ' Cecco murmured, venturing in a step or two. 'This is Number Twenty's salon' Rosa observed in her coquettish way, looking round at him with a warning glance. 'She'll be out here presently.' 'No, she won't, ' Cecco answered, taking another step in. 'She's gone out on the terrace, looking for Twenty-Four. There's something wrong somewhere, as you say, signorina. Our young lady has been crying, too, ever since yesterday morning.' 'It's odd, ' Rosa continued, pausing awhile and fronting him. 'I think the horrid old man in Seventy-Two must have something to do with it.' Cecco dropped his voice to a confidential whisper. 'You know why we've come here?' he said. 'There's a marriage to be arranged between our young lady, the Marchesa Fede, and--' 'And Number Twenty-Four; well, I knew that already, silly, ' Rosa answered, brusquely. 'Wh...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150328268 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150328266 |
| Weight | 0.46 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.31 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 134 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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