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in his voice which resembled a whine.
The Englishman threw a piece OF
gold into the brown. greedy palm.
"The Signor is noble. The beautiful
lady's name is Signorina ,Adrlerna
Cartuccio."
"The singer"
"The same, Signor- The divine
singer"
"Ah!"
The EngIishman turned toward the
wide, open window, and gazed stead
fastly at the place in the crowd where
she had vanished.
On the brow of the Hill Fiolesse,
at sharp angle in the white dusty
road man and woman stood talking.
On one side of them was grove OF
Towering magnolias, and on the other
high, closely-trimned hedge skIrted
the grounds of the Villa Fiolesse.
There was not another soul. in sight,
but, as though the place were not
secure enough from interruption, the
girl, every now and then, glanced bali
fearfully around her, and more than
once paused in the middle Of SEN
tence to listen. At last her fears
escaped from her lips. j
Leonardo, I-wish that you~had not
come" she cried. What is the good
of it? I shall have no rest till know
that you are beyond the sea again"
Beyond the seas, while my heart is
chained forever here, Margharita !" he
answered. "Ah! I have tried, and
know the bitterness of it. You cam
not tell what exile has been like to
me. 1 could bear it no longer. Tell
me, child! I watched you climb this
hill together. You looked back and
saw me, and waited. Did she see me.
too? Quick answer mel ] will
know! She saw me on the Marina.
Did she know that / was following
herr"
ct think she saw you. She said
nothing when l fingered behind. 1t
was as though she knew"
The Sicilian clasped his hands, and
looked away over the sea. The moon
| light fell upon his weary pallid face,
and glistened in his dark sad eyes.
He spoke more to himself than her.
"She knew! And yet she would not
wait to speak single word to me !
All! it is cruell If only she could
know how night by night, in
those far-distant countries. I have lain
on the mountain tops, and wandered
through the valleys, thinking and
dreaming of her--always of herl Il
has been an evil time with me, my
sister, time of dreary days and sleep
less nights. And this is the end of it
My heart is faint and sick with long.
ing, and | hastened here before it
should break. | must see her,
Margharital Let us hasten on to the
villa |"
She laid her hand upon his arm.
Her eyes were soft with coming tears.
Leonardo, isten," she cried. 1T is
best to tell you. She will not see you.
She is quite firm. She is angry with
you for coming"
"Angry with mel Angry because I
love her, SO that / risk my life just
to see her, to hear her speaki Ahl
but that is cruel! Let me go in and
speak to her! Let me plead with her
in my own fashionp
She shook her head.
Leonardo, the truth is best" she
said softly. "Adrienne does not love
you. She is quite determined not to
see you again. Even /, pleading with
tears in my eyes, could not persuade
her. She has locked herself in her
room while she prepares for the con-
cert. You could not see her unless
you forced yourself upon her, and that
would not do
mo, would not do that" he
answered wearily. "Margharita, there
is question; / must ask it, though
the answer kill me. Is there-any
one else?"
She shook her head.
There is no one else, Leonardo, yet.
But what matter is that, since it can
not be you? Some day it will come.
All that sister could do have done.
She pities you, Leonardo, but she does
not love you. She never will !"
He moved from the open space.
where the moonlight fell upon his
marble face, to the shadow of the
magnolia grove. He stood there quite
silent for moment. Then he spoke
in strained, hard voice, which she
scarcely recognized.
"Margharita, you have done your
best for me. You do not know what
a mans love is, or you would not
wonder that / suffer so much. Yet,
if it must be, it must. will give her
up. | will go back to my exile and
forget her. Yet since am here, grant
me a last favor. Let me see her to
say farewell"
She looked up at him in distress.
Leonardo, how can 1? She has
given orders that under no circum-
stances whatever are you to be
admitted"
"But to say FAREWELL"
"She would not believe it. 1t has
been so before, Leonardo, and then
you have been passionate, and pleaded
your cause all over again. + have
promised that I will never ask her to
see you again." ~
"Then let me see her without ask
ing. You can find an opportunity, if
you will. For my sake, Margharita I"
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