The Mysteries of the Court of London — page 324: what you’re looking at

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—_—_——_$——— THE MYSTERIKS OF THE COURT. 818 PIMC Le acquaintance with us there. He then took his circles as an amusement for young ladies, then departare from Florence; and we regretted him— , would be ample scope for the exercise of whatsoever for he had been a great favourite with us. Nego-/ little talent I might pesoess therein. I was alse tiations were at once opened with the English | desirous of instituting some inquiries in respect to Manager, and an engagement was effected on the | the words my father had uttered on his death-bed. most liberal terms for my sister. Although it still | We accordingly proceeded at once to England ; but wanted many months to the Opera season in Lon-| by the advice of the mauager of the Opera—in- dcn, we nevertheless resolved to proceed to England | deed, by his express stipulation—Angels retained at once; and to this step we were induced by several | her self-given name of Vivaldi. In respect to mysclf reasons, In the first place we were both so young | it being considered that the circumstance of my cn leaving the country that many of its habits and | sister being a dancer might prove a barrier to my customs had been lost to our recollection: and it | admission into the wealthy families with whom my was quite requisite that Angela should render her- | art was alone available, it was resolved to retain our self familiar therewith, in order that she might not close affinity as secret as possible. I therefore took experience a recurrence of her timidity on finding | that secluded villa near the Regent's Park as our herself too suddenly in the presence of a strange people. Moreover we had both for some time past experienced a yearning to visit our native land; and I had also heard that the art of painting on private residence, and engaged chambers in Pall Mall as my ostensible abode and for my professional avocations. At the villa Angela and I dwelt in almost complete seclusiun,—euch being our taste iweay having been just introduced into fashionable | and our preference. Thus months passed on; aad. wa 40,--THTIRN SEPRIVS. —_—— comicbooks.com «#4