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"Natural!" Abbott dropped his mahl-stick

"It is Vesuv', is it not, on a cloudy day?"

This was too hed

"It was not necessary to spoil a good pictureon nette with a snap Her great dark eyes were dreamy

and contemplative like a cat's, and, as every one knows, a cat's eye is

the s, since

a cat's attitude toward the world is by need and experience wholly

defensive

"The Signora is wrong I did not spoil it on her account It was past

helping yesterday But I shall, however, rechristen it Vesuvius, since it

represents an eruption of tenette It was

distinctly a sign of approval These A the parasol to and fro, slowly, like a pendulu over the white walls of the

villa

"It was irrevocably lost," Abbott declared

"No, no; I do notof La Toscana Her voice

was really superb; and to lose it entirely!" She waved a syorous protest But fate itself chose to

rebuke Flora Fro as only

Nora could sing it

The ferrule of Flora Desimone's parasol bit deeply into the clover-turf