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Hichens, Robert Smythe, 1864-1950

"A Spirit in Prison"

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"It is true! It is true! Perhaps you are blind, perhaps you see
nothing. I do not know. But I know that I am not blind. I love, and I
see. I see, I have always seen that he--Emilio--loves the Signorina,
that he loves her madly, that he wishes, that he means to keep her for
himself. Did he not hide with her in the cave, in the Grotto of
Virgil, that night when I came to serenade her on the sea? Yes, he
took her, and he hid her, because he loves her. He loves her, he an
old man! And he thinks--and he means--"
"Marchese--"
"He loves her; I say he loves her!"
"Marchese, I must ask you to go!"
"I say--"
"Marchese, I insist upon your going."
She opened the door. She was very pale, but she looked calm. The
crouching woman had vanished. She was mistress of herself.
"Gaspare!" she called, in a loud, sharp voice that betrayed the inner
excitement her appearance did not show.
"Signora," vociferated the Marchesino, "I say and I repeat--"
"Gaspare! Come here!"
"Signora!" cried a voice from below.


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