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Hichens, Robert Smythe, 1864-1950

"A Spirit in Prison"

She hurried
on, turned to the right, and came out on the highway before the little
lonely ristorante that is set here to command the view of vineyards
and of sea.
The tram was already gliding away at some distance down the road.
A solitary waiter came forward in his unsuitable black into the dust
to sympathize with the Signora, and to suggest that she should take a
seat and drink some lemon water, or gazzosa, while waiting for the
next tram. Or would not the Signora dine in the upper room and watch
the /tramontare del sole/. It would be splendid this evening. And he
could promise her an excellent risotto, sardines with pomidoro, and a
bifteck such as certainly she could not get in the restaurants of
Naples.
"Very well," Hermione answered, quickly, "I will dine here, but not
directly--in half an hour or three-quarters."
What Artois was doing at the Ristorante della Stella she was doing at
the Trattoria del Giardinetto.
She would dine quietly here, and then walk back to the sea in the cool
of the evening.


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