[Casanova’s Homecoming by Arthur Schnitzler]@TWC D-Link bookCasanova’s Homecoming CHAPTER FIVE 16/27
Did you not notice his manner towards the young man, the mingling of contempt and ferocity? I should not like to wager that all will end well." Marcolina remained impassive.
She seemed to pay no attention to this talk about Lorenzi, but sat with unruffled countenance, and to all appearance quietly delighting in the landscape.
The road led upwards by a gentle ascent zigzagging through groves of olives and holly trees. Now they reached a place where the horses had to go more slowly, and Casanova alighted to stroll beside the carriage.
Marcolina talked of the lovely scenery round Bologna, and of the evening walks she was in the habit of taking with Professor Morgagni's daughter.
She also mentioned that she was planning a journey to France next year, in order to make the personal acquaintance of Saugrenue, the celebrated mathematician at the university of Paris, with whom she had corresponded.
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