Marjorie Bowen

Name: The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter
Author: Marjorie Bowen

The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter (1906)

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“The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter”, published in 1906, is a work by Marjorie Bowen. It explores elements such as Francisco, Visconti and messer.

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Marjorie Bowen, The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter (1906)

“ Since I do not hurt thee by the recollection, messer, let me tell thee, it was a splendid sight, that night the Duke returned. I live a quiet life, as an artist may do, even in Milan. I know little, I care little for the wars of princes. They tell me the Visconti's crimes outnumber the stars; but, messer, his shadow has not fallen across my house, and what one does not see one does not fear—but when he returned from Verona! that was a sight, messer. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter (1906)

“ But Graziosa turned a smiling face from the boat she was unmooring.
"His altar-piece will draw all Lombardy," she cried.
"Say rather that his altar-piece draws him away from thee," laughed the painter, "and thou wilt be nearer to the truth. The altar-piece has all his time; thou but a few meager hours a week! Still, they love each other, messer, and are happy, so we never care whether Ambrogio paint well or ill." Graziosa seated herself under the blue sail, and looked up with radiant eyes. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter (1906)

“ The people shout and yell, and some cry 'tis not the Visconti's army on the road, but Della Scala's. Meanwhile a mob, with Napoleone della Torre at their head, begins to agitate, to threaten riot. With a strong hand Alberic puts them down—the streets are cleared, Graziosa and I on the balcony, all is dark, silent, save now and then the clink of the armor of the sentries on the walls. I am too excited for sleep, messer, all so hushed, so subdued, waiting, waiting. All at once it comes. Oh, the rattle, the roar! The great gates clatter back, the streets fill with crowds no man can keep back. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter (1906)

“ Behind Francisco, separated from him only by the fosse, was the wall of the villa, and, Vittore being lost to view, Francisco withdrew his gaze, always roaming restlessly in quest of something that should aid him, and glanced along it curiously. His eyes rested on a great tuft of yellow lichen, brilliant with scarlet spikes; it was so huge and spreading he could not but stare at it. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter (1906)

“ Again he waved his all-inclusive hand. "Thou, messer, as a stranger, must see how wonderfully fair it is?"
He paddled the boat nearer among the reeds in his eagerness to obtain new sympathy.
"I have not been used to judge lands by their beauty," returned Francisco. "Yet methinks I have seen spots as beautiful and easier to hold in time of need."
The other twisted his mouth in contempt. The girl leaned forward, laughing. "You forget, father," she said, "everyone is not a painter." ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter (1906)

“ But the little man, as if he had found a sudden mission, secured the boat, and, still in silence, stepped ashore, helping his daughter to follow him. Francisco, preoccupied and mistrustful, saw this with uneasiness, and would gladly have withdrawn. Moreover, the smiling face of the happy girl was an added sting to a burning thought.
The enthusiast, however, had no idea of giving up a possible convert, and swept aside the other's protestations while he commenced pointing out the beauties of the yellow lichen against the villa wall, the sight of which had restored all his good humor. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Viper of Milan — 5. The Painter's Daughter (1906)

“ After many a cautious glance along the meadow path, fortunately for his purpose little used, he replaced the loose strands of ivy as far as he was able, and slipping through, pushed the door back into its place, filling up the broken lock with green. ”

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