On the terrace of an Italian villa of the later Roman period, which overlooks the sea, three young girls idle away the summer hours. One stretches out on the marble bench, smelling a flower as she listens to the sweet notes a companion evokes from a double flute, while the third lounges at her side, with one hand resting on her lute. Miss Coomans has made a charming picture indeed, out of very

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Chapter 10 Text

Charles Landelle