Volume IV Part 25 (1/2)
”I can't follow your exaht I should have fainted Unfortunately I aht I shall expect you at eight o'clock to-?”
”At Dr Vannini's”
”Under what na have you been here?”
”Since yesterday”
”Are you stopping long in Florence?”
”As long as you like”
”Are you married?”
”No”
”Cursed be that supper! What an event! You o on Good-bye till seven o'clock to-ht at first, but an hour sooner was no harm I returned to the theatre, and recollected that I had neither asked her name or address, but I could find out all that easily She was playing Mandane, and her singing and acting were ad man beside me what that admirable actress's name was
”You have only come to Florence to-day, sir?”
”I arrived yesterday”
”Ah! well, then it's excusable That actress has the same name as I have She is my wife, and I am Cirillo Palesi, at your service”
I bowed and was silent with surprise I dared not ask where she lived, lest he ht think my curiosity i man, of whom, of all others, I had made enquiries about her! It was like a scene in a play
I could bear it no longer I longed to be alone and to ponder over this strange adventure at my ease, and to think aboutI felt the most intense curiosity to see what the husband would do when he recognized me, and he was certain to do so, for he had looked at me attentively as he spoke I felt that my old flame for Therese was rekindled in lad or sorry at her being married
I left the opera-house and told e
”You can't have it till nine o'clock, sir; it was so cold the coachman sent the horses back to the stable”
”We will return on foot, then”
”You will catch a cold”
”What is the prima donna's name?”
”When she came here, she called herself Lanti, but for the last two months she has been Mada man with no property and no profession, but she is rich, so he takes his ease and does nothing”
”Where does she live?”
”At the end of this street There's her house, sir; she lodges on the first floor”
This was all I wanted to know, so I said no ht be able to find ht supper, and told Le Duc to call ht till seven”