This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...do you hear?" "Yes, signore," stammered Beppe, appalled. He told Tommaso, almost tearfully, when the latter proposed making a few centesimi that night. "Bella set com' un angela!" shouted Tommaso at the top of his lungs for all-scornful reply. As if he were not habituated to the rain! And when Beppino remained firm in ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...do you hear?" "Yes, signore," stammered Beppe, appalled. He told Tommaso, almost tearfully, when the latter proposed making a few centesimi that night. "Bella set com' un angela!" shouted Tommaso at the top of his lungs for all-scornful reply. As if he were not habituated to the rain! And when Beppino remained firm in his fear of the signore: "Ebbene!" he exclaimed, indignantly; 'Tll sing then; it is me they want to hear," and with this taunt went forthwith and bellowed--a beautiful bellow, to be sure--under the signore's window. The signore ground his teeth and swore quietly, and at last flung open the window and hurled a franc-piece at the singer. 'Alla casa, subito! Sentite!" he shouted, savagely; and Tommaso, laughing heartily, fled, to consume a whole franc's worth of good things at the nearest trattoria." Meanwhile Beppino, supperless, was dampening their common bed with tears until it threatened to become as dangerous night-mists. The signore, his elbows on the table and his forehead on his hands, sat and thought grimly, while the "Theory of Music" lay on the floor. Surely, it was an unnecessarily bitter farce to come so far, to stay so long, to spend so much, only to find out one did not know what the gamins of the sea did? And then there was Someone at home. But there was also Music--Music crying out to him continually: "Non ti scordar dime!" "Do not forget me! do not forget me!" When the boys received an order, a few days later, to attend the signore at once at his house, Beppe was almost afraid to go. Doubtless the signore was furious that they had been singing under his window night after night (for how long could Beppino stand out against Tommaso and an empty stomac...
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Good+ with no dust jacket. 134671939X. Gold cloth, with green titling, pictorial highlights. Edge worn, with darkened spine, moderate soiling. Top page edges gilt, untrimmed pages. Small spot on front, former owner's notation inside front. A solid copy.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 319 pages.
