10/23 He felt that it would be utter cruelty to send her among people who must always be strangers to her. On the night of the Senora Valdez's reception, she had astonished every one by the adorable grace of her dancing, and the captivating way in which she used her fan. Her fingers touched the guitar as if they had played it for a thousand years. She sang a Spanish Romancero of El mio Cid with all the fire and tenderness of a Castilian maid. He almost felt as if he had no part in her. |