THE MASTERPIECES OF
GEORGE SAND
AMANDINE LUCILLE AURORE DUPIN,
BARONESS DUDEVANT
VOLUME VIII
The Masterpieces of George Sand
Amandine Lucille Aurore Dupin, Baroness
Dudevant, NOW FOR THE FIRST
TIME COMPLETELY TRANSLATED
INTO ENGLISH THE PICCININO,
AND THE LAST OF THE
ALDINIS BY G. BURNHAM IVES
WITH TWELVE PHOTOGRAVURES AFTER PAINTINGS BY
ORESTE CORTAZZO.
VOLUME II
PRINTED ONLY FOR SUBSCRIBERS BY
GEORGE BARRIE & SON
PHILADELPHIA
SIGNORA ALDINI AND HER GONDOLIER.
I saw the blood come and go in the signora'scheeks as I took the oar and eagerly pushed againstthe marble steps which seemed to flee behind us.
CONTENTS
THE PICCININO
CHAPTER
XXXVI. THE FAMILY PORTRAITS
XXXVII. BIANCA
XXXVIII. A COUP DE MAIN
XXXIX. AN IDYLL
XL. DECEPTION
XLI. JEALOUSY AND GRATITUDE
XLII. AN EMBARRASSING CONJUNCTURE
XLIII. A CRISIS
XLIV. REVELATIONS
XLV. MEMORIES
XLVI. GLADNESS OF HEART
XLVII. THE VULTURE
XLVIII. THE MARQUIS
XLIX. DANGER
L. A NOCTURNAL JOURNEY
LI. CATASTROPHE
LII. CONCLUSION
THE LAST OF THE ALDINIS
INTRODUCTION
FIRST PART
SECOND PART
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
THE PICCININO
THE LAST OF THE ALDINIS
VOLUME II
SIGNORA ALDINI AND HER GONDOLIER
THE PICCININO RECEIVES MILA
AGATHA PROTECTS MICHELANGELO
NELLO ENTERS THE ALDINI PALACE
THE STRANGE LUNCHEON
ALEZIA VISITS CHECCHINA
THE PICCININO
(Continued)
XXXVI
THE FAMILY PORTRAITS
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