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PAN EM ET CIR CENSES 199
also strength and force. The donkey-boy suddenly
dropped knife and fork, leaned his elbows on the
table, and sat and looked at her. And all the other
donkey-boys did the same. It spread like a
contagion. It grew hot with burning glances about the
English signorina.
It was not only the poor people who adored her.
The advocate, Ugo Favara, came and whispered to
her that she had come as a providence to his poor
land and to him. “ If only I had met such a woman
as you before,” he said.
Fancy an old bird which has sat in a cage for
many years and become rough and lost all the gloss
of his feathers. And then some one comes and
straightens them out and smooths them back. Think
of it, signore!
There was that boy from Naples. He took his
mandolin and began to sing his very best. You
know how he sings; he pouts with his big mouth
and says ugly words. He usually is like a grinning
mask. But have you seen the angel in his eyes?
An angel which seems to weep over his fall and is
filled with a holy frenzy. That evening he was only
an angel. He raised his head like one inspired by
God, and his drooping body became elastic and full
of proud vitality. Color came into his livid cheeks.
And he sang; he sang so that the notes seemed to
fly like fireflies from his lips and fill the air with
joy and dance.
When it grew dark they all went over to the
Grecian theatre. That was the finishing touch to
the entertainment. What did she not have to offer
there!
She had the Russian singer and the German
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