Volume IV Part 38 (1/2)
No doubt she did not like to thou me, but the expression of her eyes and the tone of her voice were much better than the to which is often used lavishly at Naples
The seductive features of this charether unknown to me, but I could not recollect of oman she re superior to a beauty, if possible
She had splendid light chestnut hair, and her black and brilliant eyes, shaded by thick lashes, seemed to hear and speak at the same time
But what ravished me still more was her expression, and the exquisite appropriateness of the gestures hich she accoue could not give speech to the thoughts which crowded her brain She was naturally quick-witted, and her intellect had been developed by an excellent education
The conversation turned upon Lafontaine's epigram, of which I had only recited the first ten verses, as the rest is too licentious; and she said,--
”But I suppose it is only a poet's fancy, at which one could but smile”
”Possibly, but I did not care to wound your ears”
”You are very good,” said she, using the pleasant tu, ”but all the same, I am not so thin-skinned, as I have a closet which the duke has had painted over with couples in various ao there sohtest sensation”
”That h a defect of temperament, for whenever I see well-painted voluptuous pictures I feel myself on fire I wonder that while you and the duke look at them, you do not try to put some of them into practice”
”We have only friendshi+p for one another”
”Let him believe it ill”
”I am sure he is a ive a woman any real proofs of his love”
”Yet he has a son”
”Yes, he has a child who calls him father; but he himself confesses that he is only able to shew his manly poith his wife”
”That's all nonsense, for you are ive birth to amorous desires, and aable to possess you ought to cease to live”
”Do you really think so?”
”Dear Leonilda, if I were in the duke's place I would shew you what a man who really loves can do”
”Caro Don Giacoet -table, for without it we ether”
”The duke toldlike a perfect gentleman You must be very unlucky”
”Not always, but when I play on a day in which I have fallen in love I am sure to lose”
”You in back your ”
”This is the declaration day; I shall lose again”