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Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
might be traced to the current impression that the young "Inglese" was wealthy ; but of the attentions lavished on him many were spontaneous , and sought neither requital nor return .
Among the houses at which he was ever a welcome guest was that of the Signora Valdi , who , with her young widowed daughter , the Marchesa Mardini , and an invalid son , were early introduced to the music-loving Englishman , and speedily succeeded in making a permanent lodgement in his good opinion .
Nature had been very lavish to that youthful marchesa . A face of surpassing loveliness ; a voice of rich and peculiar melody ; a manner so winning and graceful , that it insensibly converted the passing acquaintance into the passionate worshipper , were hers . So much for exterior . lie who looked beyond it—he who inquired what motives and principles
animated so fair a form , and gave their impress to the round of daily duties which an immortal being has to discharge , would find shrined within the casket purposes the most base , selfish , and sordid—aims the most dishonest , and unscrupulous . But to Rupert the voice that breathed such entrancing melody—the eye that beamed so brihtly Avhen he was nih
g g —the lips that would pour forth such touching legends , or on a sudden inspirit a languishing conversation with such brilliant flashes of witty criticism or mocking mirth—were to him all he cared to hear or know . The future rose before him . He ruminated , " What a charming companion she would make for life . True , she was poor . What then ? He was
wealthy . There was a difference , unquestionably , in their creeds . No matter . It was a subject they would by consent ignore : it need never be adverted to . As to her relatives , some of them appeared apparently dissolute and undeniably ' seedy / N'importe ! lie married the marchesa , not her aunts and uncles ! and the morning following the ceremony would cut the whole fraternity !"
His proposals were made—accepted—and the contemplated nuptials became the gossip of Genoa . Slave as he was to the marchesa ' s beauty , and intoxicated with the wild delirium of passion , it did strike the infatuated young man even then that when they appeared in public as an affianced couple some extraordinary smiles were bestowed on her , and some pityingglances directed towards him . Nay , more—as they were passing through a crowded ball-room the expression reached his ear , " At last the quarry is hit . " That it bore any reference
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
might be traced to the current impression that the young "Inglese" was wealthy ; but of the attentions lavished on him many were spontaneous , and sought neither requital nor return .
Among the houses at which he was ever a welcome guest was that of the Signora Valdi , who , with her young widowed daughter , the Marchesa Mardini , and an invalid son , were early introduced to the music-loving Englishman , and speedily succeeded in making a permanent lodgement in his good opinion .
Nature had been very lavish to that youthful marchesa . A face of surpassing loveliness ; a voice of rich and peculiar melody ; a manner so winning and graceful , that it insensibly converted the passing acquaintance into the passionate worshipper , were hers . So much for exterior . lie who looked beyond it—he who inquired what motives and principles
animated so fair a form , and gave their impress to the round of daily duties which an immortal being has to discharge , would find shrined within the casket purposes the most base , selfish , and sordid—aims the most dishonest , and unscrupulous . But to Rupert the voice that breathed such entrancing melody—the eye that beamed so brihtly Avhen he was nih
g g —the lips that would pour forth such touching legends , or on a sudden inspirit a languishing conversation with such brilliant flashes of witty criticism or mocking mirth—were to him all he cared to hear or know . The future rose before him . He ruminated , " What a charming companion she would make for life . True , she was poor . What then ? He was
wealthy . There was a difference , unquestionably , in their creeds . No matter . It was a subject they would by consent ignore : it need never be adverted to . As to her relatives , some of them appeared apparently dissolute and undeniably ' seedy / N'importe ! lie married the marchesa , not her aunts and uncles ! and the morning following the ceremony would cut the whole fraternity !"
His proposals were made—accepted—and the contemplated nuptials became the gossip of Genoa . Slave as he was to the marchesa ' s beauty , and intoxicated with the wild delirium of passion , it did strike the infatuated young man even then that when they appeared in public as an affianced couple some extraordinary smiles were bestowed on her , and some pityingglances directed towards him . Nay , more—as they were passing through a crowded ball-room the expression reached his ear , " At last the quarry is hit . " That it bore any reference