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"You approve this idea! Signorina, you are so amiable, it is heavenly."
"I see no objection to it," I said. "It is entirely a matter of taste."
"And the American ladies have much taste," observed Count Filgiatti
blandly.
"I'm afraid it isn't infallible," I said, "but it is charming to hear it
approved."
"The American lady comes in Italy. She is young, beautiful, with a
grace--ah! And perhaps there is a little income--a few dollar--but we do
not speak of that--it is a trifle, only to make possible the
arrangimento."
"I see," I said.
"The American lady is so perceiving--it is also a charm. The Italian
gentleman has a dignity of his. He is perhaps from a family a little
old. It is nothing--the matter is of the heart--but it makes possible
the arrangimento."
"I have read of such things before," I said, "in the newspapers. It is
most amusing to hear them corroborated on the spot. But that is one of
the charms of travel, Count Filgiatti."
The Count hesitated and a shade of indecision crossed his swarthy little
features. Then he added simply, "For me she has always been a vision,
that American lady.
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