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OUR FOUNTAIN. 387
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Notwithstanding A Strong Prejudice In Fa...
lias Fortunata evidentl ' s taken friend as Lui much gi is pains a good with specimen his dress of as his she class has , with and _, y
hers all been . His put green on velvet with care coat , , and white his waistcoat peaked , felt and hat magenta has j tie ust have the
ri stuck ght cock into ; his he , button too , has -hole gold . earrings Of course , and , Fortunata a the half-blown out starts rose of her violentl jauntil little y y
hands when he of comes course close she wonders up to her greatl , and y takes how he comes jug to be there ; and ; remind her that he did just mention
the of course last time , he they is too met discreet his intention to of being at the fountain , at a certain timeon a certain Saint ' s day .
utter The brown lect , as jug they is lifte remain d on talking the led together ge , and in then the again scant doomed shade the to neg
fan long acacias a animated minute now afford 's stories rest . How for , that every they never story do talk leave is ! acted Fortunata her as head well and especiall as hands told y ; , it tells and is
quite pretty to watch , her animated expressive gestures . She has her loud little joking coquettish between them ways , ; but and there the of modest is his no button approach grace hole with to to which vul ive gar her she or
. receives and fastens the it rose in her Luig white i takes jacket out , could not be - surpassed ¦ _- ? g by the , highest-born maiden .
The sun becomes hotter and fiercer , still the brown jug remains unfilled the ledunthought oftill Fortunata ' s mother appears
on ge , , on ance the is steps the si above gnal for , coming an immense to call her show truant of activit daug y hter , both ; her Lui appear gi and - h it their
. Fortunata Fortunata first thought seize and in her the life mother jug . Lui and and gi beg carrys they in filling all it three up it the as disappear thoug steps , followed into was one by of
, the houses together . And bear now to come work on or be the abroad ferventl in y the hot heated noontide air hours . Leonildo , when no deserts one
iis boys can caterp extend illars themselves , and goes comfortabl into dinner y on and the siesta which stone . they S bench everal must under men greatl and the
. thick need -leaved having p been lane-trees hard for at work a good since sleep three , or four o ' clock in the y morning , . Bruno joins them ; but not finding himself sufficiently
cool , he blinds calml and y presents demands himself admittance before I my cannot now keep jealously him out closed in
the or green twice burning I let , sunshine him in , so he after coils feebl himself y asking . on the him cool to brick go floor away under once ;
, my Talk couch of and the silence instantl of y fall midni s asleep ht!— . it is nothing compared to the g
inanimate utter stillness is hu of shed midday in deepest in Italy repose —then ; the all nature beasts , retir animate e to and the darkest shade , and remain there motionless ; the birds hide in the the leaves
and thickest flow foliage ers cease noddi become ng an invisible d whispe and ring inaudible to one an other very , drooping
Our Fountain. 387
OUR FOUNTAIN . 387
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 387, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/27/
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