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Vittoria

CHAPTER XIV
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Good: we go aloft.

You bow to the maestro respectfully twice, as in duty; then a third time, as from a whisper of your soul.
Vanitas, vanitatis! You speak of the 'UT de poitrine.' You remark: "Albrechtsberger has said---," and you slap your head and stop.

They think, "He is polite, and will not quote a German authority to us": and they think, "He will not continue his quotation; in truth, he scornfully considers it superfluous to talk of counterpoint to us poor Italians." Your Christian name is Johann ?--you are Herr Johannes.

Look at her well.
I shall not expose you longer than ten minutes to their observation.
Frown meditative; the elbow propped and two fingers in the left cheek; and walk into the room with a stoop: touch a note of the piano, leaning your ear to it as in detection of five-fifteenths of a shade of discord.
Frown in trouble as of a tooth.

So, when you smile, it is immense praise to them, and easy for you.' The names of the Signor Antonio-Pericles and Herr Johannes were taken up to the maestro.
Tormented with curiosity, Luigi saw them enter the house.


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