But it is permitted us to admire that even which we cannot imitate." "Quite true, Signori," answered Andrea, with gentle benevolence, "but with dispositions like yours, Sir Smees, it is not so very difficult to imitate what we admire.

I will write out a list of works which I would recommend to your perusal; and, by touching at Livorno or Napoli, you will obtain all the books at reasonable prices.

You may expect to see the list on your breakfast table to-morrow morning, as I shall not sleep until it is completed." Raoul gladly seized upon this promise as a hint to depart, and he took his leave with suitable acknowledgments of gratitude and delight.

When he got out of the palazzo, however, he gave a long, low whistle, like a man who felt he had escaped from a scene in which persecution had been a little lightened by the ridiculous, and uttered a few curses on the nations of the north, for being so inconsiderate as to have histories so much longer and more elaborate than he conceived to be at all necessary.
All this passed as he hastened along the promenade, which he found deserted, every human being having apparently left it.

At length he thought he perceived a female form some distance ahead of him and in a part of the walk that was never much frequented.