Benedetta and Dario, Celia and Attilio were _vis-a-vis_.

And so charming and delightful was the sight which the two couples presented dancing in the white blaze, all youth and joy, that the King and Queen drew near to them and became interested.

And soon bravos of admiration rang out, while from every heart spread a feeling of infinite tenderness.
"I'm dying of thirst, let's go!" repeated Prada, at last managing to wrench himself away from the torturing sight.
He called for some iced lemonade and drank the glassful at one draught, gulping it down with the greedy eagerness of a man stricken with fever, who will never more be able to quench the burning fire within him.
The Hall of the Antiques was a spacious room with mosaic pavement, and decorations of stucco; and a famous collection of vases, bas-reliefs, and statues, was disposed along its walls.

The marbles predominated, but there were a few bronzes, and among them a dying gladiator of extreme beauty.

The marvel however was the famous statue of Venus, a companion to that of the Capitol, but with a more elegant and supple figure and with the left arm falling loosely in a gesture of voluptuous surrender.