She spent many days in the castle
alone as he busied himself with his alchemy, or traveled
to Florence to visit his remaining political connections. This
request, however, was refused; and he was told that the only way in which he
could entitle himself to his Majesty's clemency would be by discovering who
had abetted him in his last escape; the strongest suspicions being entertained that
he had not affected it alone. You, Anna, are one of them. He remembered that he had heard stories about the
wonderful likeness between these two sisters, one of whom was an artist and a
recluse, whilst the other had attached herself to a very gay and a very brilliant
little coterie of pleasure-seekers. Just as he was about to drain it, he encountered the
basilisk glance of Jonathan Wild, and paused. ”
He left off abruptly. ” Sebastian said, though she swore she detected
the slightest hint of sarcasm in his voice. Spurlock relaxed, suddenly, and sank deeply into his pillows. Every now
and then she fingered an ornament, moved a piece of furniture, or rearranged
some draperies. Beautiful sculptures of sugar and
almond paste decorated the long tables, delicate replicas
of flowers and miniature animals, even a small Palazzo
sculpted from cakes graced the table. Gifts came from Florence: rubies and emeralds, a
beautiful statue of Santa Maria for their garden grotto, a
gorgeous silk tapestry of a hunting scene that alone made
the price of her dowry look paltry. My mind is full of ideas and images that I have been cherishing
and accumulating—dreams of travelling side by side, of lunching quietly
together in some jolly restaurant, of moonlight and music and all that side of life,
of seeing you dressed like a queen and shining in some brilliant throng—mine;
of your looking at flowers in some old-world garden, our garden—there are
splendid places to be got down in Surrey, and a little runabout motor is quite
within my means. I shall
start at the bottom. Who but you would have dreamed
of giving the boy such a name? Why, it's the name of a river, not a Christian.
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