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Eleanor

CHAPTER XIII
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Now Mr.Manisty--oh! I like Mr.Manisty very well!--but he sees only the ugly gases and the tumult of the cauldron.

He has no idea--' 'Oh! Manisty,' said the young Count, flinging away his cigarette; 'he is a _poseur_ of course.

His Italian friends don't mind.

He has his English fish to fry.

_Sans cela_--!' He bent forward, staring at Lucy in a boyish absent-mindedness which was no discourtesy, while his hat slipped further down the back of his curly head.
His attitude was all careless good-humour; yet one might have felt a touch of southern passion not far off.
'No; his Italian friends don't mind,' said Madame Variani.


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