Lulu`s Triumph part 6
“What are you doing here, Donna Sofia Santangelo? Are you reading?”“Yes, I was reading.”“And you did not even care to stand on the balcony?”“And if I had?”“Pshaw! I had to stay upstairs, for Albina,...
One Autumn Night part 5
Our position beneath the shelter of the skiff was utterly devoid of comfort; it was narrow and damp, tiny cold drops of rain dribbled through the damaged bottom; gusts of wind penetrated it. We...
The Shipwreck of Simonides 2
A lerned man has always a fund of riches in himself.Simonides, who wrote such excellent lyric poems, the more easily to support his poverty, began to make a tour of the celebrated cities of...
Lulu`s Triumph part 7
“No; he is going to his club, where there is a directors` meeting. I am going to profit by it and go to the Dellinos` ball, and shall dance until to-morrow morning.”“And when he...
One Autumn Night part 6
He had a vest which cost fifteen rubles and boots with dress tops. For these reasons she had fallen in love with him, and he became her “creditor.” And when he became her creditor,...
The Disabled Soldier Part 1
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)Goldsmith`s family were Irish people of English descent. Oliver Goldsmith was born in County Longford, Ireland. He went to Trinity College, Dublin, and after his graduation in 1749, began the study of...
Lulu`s Triumph part 8
“Lulu did not expect you—I am sorry—”“Oh, it does not matter,” interrupted Roberto.The interruption was too quick, and hardly flattering to the absent one. “And you did not go?” he resumed.“No, you know I...
One Autumn Night part 7
I felt really wretched more from cold than from the words of my neighbor. I groaned softly and ground my teeth.Almost at the same moment I felt two little arms about me one of...
The Disabled Soldier Part 2
With what indignation do I hear an Ovid, a Cicero or a Rabutin complain of their misfortunes and hardships, whose greatest calamity was that of being unable to visit a certain spot of earth,...
Lulu`s Triumph part 9
Sofia was very happy, very happy. For this reason she wept, sobbing heartily, her head buried in her pillow.Three months had passed, Lulu`s marriage was still postponed. Every once in a while her mother,...
