The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 5
“Then let him come. Why do not you show him in?” answered a voice that startled our poor tradesman, as he hastened to obey...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 4
“Then,” returned Messer Gherardo, “I am the man who found the bracelet; but I will never restore it, except it be to the lady...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 3
When he heard it amounted to at least two hundred ducats, he suddenly bethought him of the richly dressed lady who stood near him...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 2
Messer Gherardo turned his eyes towards her a few moments, anxious to profit by so lovely and edifying an example, without the least alloy...
The Venetian Silk-Mercer part 1
Carlo Gozzi (1720—1806)
After the first outburst of the Renaissance, Italy entered upon a period of intellectual and artistic decline extending into the Nineteenth Century;...
The Mysterious Mansion part 10
When the wall was about half-way up, the sly workman took advantage of a moment when the Count`s back was turned, to strike a...
The Mysterious Mansion part 9
The Count had lately had all the ceilings of his reception rooms on the ground floor repaired. Plaster of Paris is difficult to obtain...
The Mysterious Mansion part 8
At these words Madame de Merret turned a haggard gaze upon her husband.
“Here, take your crucifix,” he added. “Swear to me before God that...
The Mysterious Mansion part 7
His unmistakable step resounded under the vaulted corridor. At the moment that the Count turned the handle of his wife`s door, he fancied he...
The Mysterious Mansion part 6
One morning I said to Rosalie: “Tell me all you know about Madame de Merret.”
“Oh!” she replied in terror, “do not ask that of...
