New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
CHAPTER VI.

MEANWHILE the lives of some Of the other per
sons CONCERNED in this history were less idylhc,
and very probably more satisfactory 10 Themselves.
Ilaving survived ia" season. and having borne the
severe I.cntcn modification implied in not cap"r-
inr nightly 10 the tune of two or three idolc> ana
a piano tho worl arose after Easter like Il giant
refreshed with wine and enjoyed final fling b"-
fore breaking mp for the summer. Having danced
with the windows shut. II now danced with III"
windows open, and found th" change delightful.
~ indeed il H. Instead of sitting in corners To-
gcthcr, the couples who had anything 10 say -
one another now stood or at IN I'll" deep einbas-
ures elancing up 4; the slrllt Sky 10 sec whether
the dawn were vet brcaking. ~ for the rest,
there WAS little chang" at all The ntt" \Icprnt"
de Bumplrrrc had transferred his attentions rom
thc M,,chn-a III san GiacintD 10 Donna Maria
Boccapaduli. and the MarchcSn who was in love
with her husband. did not seem 10 care AZ all,
but remained tn" hr>t OF terms with Donut
Maria 10 the lattrr- Infinite satisfaction. tn"
Coni,s-a dell Arm attracted mon" att 'ntion be-,
cause som. one had STATED the report that dell
Arml himself was N state Ol JEALOUSY h"rl'rins
upon dclirium. that h" had repeatedly struck h"f'
and that he spent the few hours he could spar"
FROM his unwhc h~omr exercise and from his par
iamcntary duties IN t"aiing ont his hat by the
handful The picture OF dclP Armi evoE"d by
these stories striking, dramatic ana s0in'-
what novel, 80 that every on" WAS d"lishtrd. "
n mattrr of fact, the Count did not care a straw
for his wife. rarely saw hr. AZ all, ana then only
order that her fortune might help him in his potl.
cal career. he had got what hc wanted, and lie was
supremacy indifferent 10 th" rest he sad part
of fine matter was-if any mad lncWn the
tina, poor Mnddacna DELI Armi had been
married oit Of "A convent. and had then and there
fallen madly in love with him. her own husband.
lie had resented her excessive affection, it in
tcrfcred with his occupations and amuscmrnts.
and after an interval of five years, during which
the unhappy young wife shed endless tears AMI
suffered intensely. he had the satisfaction of SEC
inn hat She
rather avoided him than otherwise. la taking II
fancy 10 Pictro Gh-lcri he thought ~ had shown
considerable discrimination, since every one knew
that Ghslcri was a very discreet man. The ama2-
ing cynicism of his view altogether escaped him
He was occupied in politics If he had observe
it, he would have undoubtedly laughed as heartily
as he did when a lady on ~" outskirts of society
told him that he supposed to BIZ a Jealous
husband
but the rest of the world watched Madlalcna
and Pietro with great interest They had quar-
plled-cr they had made II up-thcy had not
danced together during one whole cvenlng-they
had danced "A waltz and then a nuatlrillc. the one
after the CONGRATULATIONS had been crying-by "A
coincidence. Ghi-lcri looked UNUSUALLY strong and
wcli-Pirtro, again. was locking somewhat haggard
and weary and the C0ncssa met the world that
evening with stony stare There was endless
matter for speculation and accordingly the world
speculatcd without end. and rs usual, to no pnr.
pose. Ghi-cr WIS absolutely rcticcnt, and Mad
dacna was very proud woman, who. in spite OF
her past sufcrings. did her best not TO let any one
suspect that she and her husband were on bad
terms Sire was also unhappy In the present about
a very different matter. concerning which she wa.
not inclined 10 spcal; with any one. Donna Adce's
last decided attempt To dcfamc Lord Herbert Ar
den had to a certain extent. been successful but
IL had also produced another result of which
Adele did not know. hut when would have given
her even greater satisfaction It had almost caused
a quarrel between Ghisleri and the COntessa
IL will be remembered that the latter heard the
story from Donna Maria BOccapadhli on thr steps
OF church in Holy Week. She was at the time