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OUR FOUNTAIN. S85
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Notwithstanding A Strong Prejudice In Fa...
Is all the in their summons tidbest disregarded dressesascend —groups the steps of men and , women enter the , and open children church ,
Is white doors unobserved . beard No one y and of is twisted left making by legs , the a very , fountain who heart take but y s breakfast the an opportunity old them beggar off down a variety with whilst not with long he of
duced provisions a draug from ht from he the draws the capacious fountain from his wallet , cheerfull but wallet from . , He washing about a lays goodl the aside y-sized weather his flask professional , the also pro- _, toneand with me crops
& c , & cpausing converses now and then to bestow y stale morsels on , a brown , _, dog amiable , of in the _, expression particular pointer on kind but his , attaches who canine sits himself countenance before to him the . with inhabitants Bruno an obtrusivel belongs of the to y
Piazza and no one in general self-confidence ; , and jud he ging contrives from his to sleek pick , comfortable up a respectable aspect ,
easy , the { satisfactory A chapel gain the living the bell beggar . tinkles hastil , and the thrusts peop his le come remaining down provisions the steps from into
pression his wallet and , re ; -arranges pious whine his , makes crutches as he y extends , and to resumes his landlad hand his for supp little alms licating four . Bruno
exold instantl son y , deserts who is him trotting , and down b up y his my mother ' s y side ' s , nibbling -year the - cake she has rewarded him with for being so quiet in church . He and
makes such ridiculous barks with his head on one side , jumps about good so share extravagantl of the cake y , that on Leonildo himlecturing ' s heart is all melted the whil , and e he on bestows the sin _^
a , hurry of greediness ing in to . exchange The congregation their " veste quickl di festa y disperse " for their ; the work women -day di
dresses . Last of all comes down the steps the tall , gnified priest ; round whose the grave fountain looks — awe one into of whom momentary has got quietness astride the the stone schoolboys head ,
The and vigorousl lo y ok splashes subsides his into fellows a whenever benevolent they smile attempt as II to Nostro drink .
Mivenderissimo grave reaches a certain doorabove which is an image of the Madonnaand is cordially and , respectfully welcomed into a
comfortable room , from which issues a savoury smell , telling of the direction coming meal the . Bruno , priest ' s and discriminating he discreetl nose y posts lead himself s him in at the the same open _,
about door " the to see as Piazza what entices will , turn him up to . " join In in vain chasing Leonildo the , contemp who is p tuousl laying y
re tame ach sparrows Bruno , fei who , hardl blindness y take and the deafness trouble to and fly utterl out of y the refuses child to 's
; gns , heed "With the all summons regard for for the " present Our Fountain . " I must confess that one
my , person ( at least ) in the Piazza it strong the ly objects to it— to my her landlady ,
Leonildo ' s motherconsiders greatest enemy peace ; for Leonildo can never , be kept from wetting his clothes there , and
dropping his little straw hat in the trough , besides purposely
Our Fountain. S85
OUR FOUNTAIN . S 85
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 385, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/25/
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