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    " _billons done , " said the comtesse ; " what shall we do now ? Stay , there is the jeweller's where I must execute a commission for my

    sister At , the and shop then , we if you encountered please , we a will lady pay with her whom our visit I had . " a slight

    acquaintance ; cne of the eUgantes of Turin , of the same political She opinions was , elaboratel hut of a more dressed mundane in visiting turn costume of mind , th and an coming my comp towards anion .

    y , us with both , hands extended , told the comtesse she was selecting a souvenir for her niece . Not to embarrass her choice , after a few

    complimentary phrases , we removed to some distance , the aunt not very graciously commenting on the announcement .

    " A souvenir indeed ! How I detest the indiscriminate fashion of iving presents ! It confounds friends of yesterday with one's closest

    and g dearest connections , and at last is regarded as an odious tax . Just because Madame de was my sister ' s compagne de loge

    last winter , when they shared a box at the opera , she fancies this attention is expected of heror rather calculates it will give her eclat ,

    when all the ifts are shown , to be cited as one of the donors . Look at her now , what g open sleeves , , and how short ! All to display her

    arms , she is so vain of them ! You may be sure she has been exhibiting them before Fiorio ' s . I shall hear from my brother , who

    is generally there . Do you not third ? : them too stout ?" The approach of their owner here cut short any more disparaging

    observations , and the house to which we were bound being close at handwe all proceeded thither very lovingly together .

    Just , before we arrived I bethought myself that amidst all the rejoicing over the approaching marriage , I had not heard a single

    word with respect to the bridegroom ' s mental or personal attractions , and guardedly ventured on some inquiries concerning him .

    " He is a very fine young man , " said the comtesse , seemingly indifferent to what miht have been thought no inconsiderable adjunct

    g to the favorable features of this match ; " just twenty-five . Therese is nineteen . "

    Upon hearing this I hazarded the supposition that , both being young and good lookingthey were in all probability attached .

    " He is certainl , much taken with _Thereseand sheas far of course as she can y very understand such feelings , is , greatly pleased

    with him . I hope it may turn out well , " added tlie good lady dubiousl" but one always fears for these marriages of affection . "

    A sentiment y , to which the Marquise de , the fair one of the armsadjusting her braceletsuttered so fervent a response , that I

    at once , concluded her to be a , victim to this novel kind of misfortune . The subject of these forebodings was waiting with her mother to

    receive us , all smiles and ecstasy , and without delay we were admitted , to gaze on the lories of the trousseau and corbeillebefore they were

    exposed to the g general run of visitors . The trousseau , , it is scarcely necessary to statecomprises the bride's outfit in wearing apparel ,

    , carried now-a-days in Piedmont to the most lavish profusion , twelve

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    * 1 95 Ufe In Turin

    * 1 95 UFE IN TURIN

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1859, page 195, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111859/page/51/