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...Contents ITALIANS IN EXILE ......................................................................................4 THE RETURN JOURNEY ..............................................................................4 The Crucifix Across ...

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...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents ITALIANS IN EXILE ............................................................ .......................................................................... 15 Italians in Exile............................................................. .... H. Lawrence TWILIGHT IN ITALY By D. H. Lawrence 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 ITALIANS IN EXILE THE RETURN JOURNEY The Crucifix Across the Mountains THE ... ... lifted and extended to view, in all his beautiful, dead youth. The young, male body droops forward on the cross, like a dead flower. It looks as if i... ...which was not herself, ultimately. 21 Twilight in Italy Even the man, the male, was part of herself. He was the mobile, separate part, but he was non... ...he flesh that is like a narcotic. But they are too strong for the men. The male spirit, which would subdue the immediate flesh to some conscious or so... ...-respectable cafe. These young men are all free-think- ers, great dancers, singers, players of the guitar. They are im- moral and slightly cynical. Th...

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...stopped to eye the landscape; possibly also to get their breath. They were Italians. Two were fair- haired muscular men, bronzed by the sun and roughl... ...been at home in the fashionable Corso. His face was of the sweetest virile Italian beauty. The head was long, like a hawk’s, not too lean, and not sha... ...nd-by.” It was the autumn antecedent to that memorable Spring of the great Italian uprising, when, though for a tragic issue, the people of Italy firs... ...pon their polluted cheeks! They get us an ill name wherever they go. These singers have 16 Vittoria no country. One—I knew her—betrayed Filippo Masta... ...t I shall be ready.” “There are no squabbles of any serious kind among the singers?” A soft dimple played for a moment on her lips. “I have heard some... ...it more than they disliked it, called their female foes Amazons, and their male by a less complimentary title, and so waited for the patriotic epidemi... ...le of faith with the Austrian military that noth- ing save terror of their males kept sweet Italian women from the expression of their preference for ... ...ly turning toward Royalty. Great excuses are to be made for this, the last male descen- dant, whose father in his youth had been an Imperial page, and... ...’ 110 Vittoria She hardly listened to Vittoria’s statement that the chief singers in the new opera were engaged to attend a meeting at eleven at nigh...

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...ritish Government,” and “bad for the people—good for the people,” made him malevolently angry. The doctor was nonplussed for a moment. Then he gath- ... ...ith disgust. The sham Egypt of Aida hid from her nothing of its shame. The singers were all colour- washed, deliberately colour-washed to a bright ora... ...on heads, a million hands, and one monstrous, unnatural consciousness. The singers ap- peared before the curtain—the applause rose up like clouds of d... ... can’t stand it that Robert offers to hand her into the taxi.” He gave his malevolent grin round the company, then went out. He did not reappear for t... ... answer. “Did you ever keep count?” Tanny persisted. Jim looked up at her, malevolent. “I believe I did,” he replied. “Forty is the age when a man sho... ...s, and the same with this Englishman as with a Frenchman or a German or an Italian. Lilly had sat in a cowshed listening to a youth in the north count... ...suit of clothes and a big black hat, and play outside the best cafe in any Italian town, and you’ll collect enough to get on with.” It was a sporting ... ...he big gates were just beyond. “Sir William Franks—there.” In a mixture of Italian and English the driver told Aaron to get down and ring the bell on ...

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..., to abstain from the discus sion of any such questions with any order of Italians, so I would rather not enter on the inquiry now. During my twelve ... ...onstantly lying down, and surfeiting them selves with vine leaves—perfect Italian cows enjoying the Dolce Far’ Niente all day long. They are presided... ...treets are as narrow as any thor oughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with... ...ecessary), and stood there at my ease, during the performance of Mass. The singers were in a crib of wire work (like a large meat safe or bird cage) ... ...tared at again, without let or hindrance. The body of the room was full of male strangers; the crowd immense; the heat very great; and the pressure so... ...s to remind them that he took the money. The majority were country people, male and female. There were four or five Jesuit priests, however, and some ... ...is very high) then rose up, and stretched out its tiny arms, while all the male spectators in the square uncovered, and some, but not by any means the... ...e they lie half suffo cated with mud and dust. Exhibitors of Punch, buffo singers with guitars, reciters of poetry, reciters of stories, a row of che...

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...ld, Millamant overshadows Mirabel, 12 An Essay on Comedy the sprightliest male figure of English comedy. But those two ravishing women, so copious an... ... sudden turn the humanity is livelier than any realistic work can make it. Italian Comedy gives many hints for a Tartuffe; but they may be found in Bo... ...l sophisms (to use the mildest word) for payment. Frate Timoteo has a fine Italian priestly pose. Donna: Credete voi, che’l T urco passi questo anno i... ...stries, cannot be painted without our discovering a like- ness in the long Italian gallery. Goldoni sketched the Vene- tian manners of the decadence o... ...given to be sentimental; for with them the feelings are pri- mary, as with singers. Comedy, on the other hand, is an in- terpretation of the general m...

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...was heard, and immediately groups of people began to gather in the street. Two or three open carriages arrived, and depos- ited some maids of honor an... ...res- sion; yet at times the pain was so exquisite that I could hardly keep the tears back. At those times, as the howlings and wailings and shrieking ... ..., once, and in Mannheim once, and in Munich (through my authorized agent) once, and this large experience had nearly persuaded me that the Germans pre... ...gend, too, but I should not feel justified in repeat- ing it because I doubted the truth of some of its minor de- tails. Along in this region a multit... ...a. It did no other harm, but we took to the water just the same. It seems that the heavy work in the quarries and the new railway gradings is done mai... ...ake a drowning relative to help dispute about whether the stopple of a departed Buon Retiro scent-bottle was genuine or spurious. Many people say that... ...the walls of one room were pretty completely covered with small pictures of the Margravine in all conceivable varieties of fan- ciful costumes, some o... ...undertaker-furniture and paying no sort of attention to his frequent and humble little efforts to do something for her comfort. Then the train halted ...

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...ught the ear of Night, and sang confident of her charm. It was a grand old Italian air, requiring severity of tone and power. Now into great mournful ... ...n a tone of vexed apology for strange ignorance: “But I know not it? It is Italian—yes, I swear it is Italian! But— who then? It is superbe! But I kno... ...ttention to his sisters’ refined conversation that he formed part of their male escort to the place of worship. Mr. Pericles met the church-goers on t... ...thing. I have your permission to smoke?” Emilia smiled. “I wish I had some Italian cigars to give you. My father sometimes has plenty given to him.” W... ...f a momentary shame to them, rather a sign of promise than not) the gentle male need not be deeply fascinated. Lady Charlotte was not a fascinating pe... ...d the ladies, when alarm and suspicion had subsided. Fear of some wretched male baseness on the part of their brother was happily diverted by a letter... ...ian heads might be discerned. The names of the Queen of Song and Prince of Singers flew round the room; and Laura uttered words of real grati- tude, f... ...hen: though, I’ll tell you what: have you ever noticed the calves of those singers?—I mean, the men. Perhaps not—for they’ ve got none. They’re sticks...

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...rtune estimated at several mil- lions. All the members of the family spoke Italian, French, *Macedoine, in the sense in which it is here used, is a ga... ...Sarrasine came to Paris to seek a refuge against the threats of a father’s malediction. Having one of those strong wills which know no obstacles, he o... ...armonious strains. The languorous peculiarities of those skilfully blended Italian voices plunged him in an ecstasy of delight. He sat there, mute and... ...s frantic admiration could not long escape the no- tice of the performers, male and female. One evening the Frenchman noticed that they were laughing ... ...th laughing decanters whose red facets sparkled merrily. He recognized the singers from the theatre, male and female, mingled with charming women, all... ...e red facets sparkled merrily. He recognized the singers from the theatre, male and female, mingled with charming women, all ready to begin an artists... ...rasine, who was too passionately in love to make fine speeches to the fair Italian, was, like all lovers, grave, jovial, meditative, by turns. Althoug... ...sci- nating delicacy of feeling. At one time, as the merry little party of singers ventured out into the open country, they saw at some distance a num...

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...upon the floor, and regarding me in silence with embarrassing eyes. The eyes of all Polynesians are large, luminous, and melting; they are like the ey... ...fresh ac- quaintances with favour, but continually modified my judg- ment. A polite Englishman comes to-day to the Marquesans and is amazed to find th... ...id, is uppermost in the mind of the Marquesan. It would be strange if it were oth- erwise. The race is perhaps the handsomest extant. Six feet is abou... ...tted. They must not sit on the paepae; they must not go up to it by the stair; they must not eat pork; they must not approach a boat; they must not co... ...iefs, the drummers, the dancers, the women, and the priests. The drums—perhaps twenty strong, and some of them twelve feet high—con- tinuously throbbe... ...e bell agoing in the small belfry; and the faithful, who were not very numerous, gathered to prayers. I was once present: it was the Lord’s day, and s... ...you not hear something supernatural?’ His attention thus directed, he was aware of a strange buzzing voice—and yet he declared it was beautiful—which ... ...ere summoned (I suppose in honour of Queen Victoria) to join him. A strong breathless heat reigned under the iron roof, and the air was heavy with the...

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...ion: English—Protestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Moham... ... her tongue took to languages with an easy facility. She never allowed her Italian, French, and German to get rusty through neglect. The telegrams of ... ...in five minutes’ time, at no cost of brain, or labor, or genius this mangy Italian tramp has beaten them all, transcended them all, outstripped them a... ...hen we have lately had a season or two of them in New York with these same singers in the several parts, and possibly this same orchestra. I resolved ... ...ou can lay on your keelson except gravel. THURSDAY.—They keep two teams of singers in stock for the chief roles, and one of these is composed of the m... ...oon till ten at night. Nearly all the labor falls upon the half dozen head singers, and apparently they are required to furnish all the noise they can... ...e so tram meled in his material that his name stands for whatever is most malevo lent and perfidious in human nature. You see how easy and flowing i... ...the laborers. No work is done, in the hive or out of it, save by them. The males do not work, the queen does no work, unless laying eggs is work, but ...

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...gh to endure the search for a B.V.D. undershirt which had, he pointed out, malevolently been concealed among his clean pajamas. He was fairly amiable ... ...ed into a raging hostess, she took care of the house and didn’t bother the males by thinking. She went on firmly: “It sounds awful to me, the way they... ...his wife was too busy to be impressed by that moral indignation with which males rule the world, and he went humbly up-stairs to dress. He had an impr... ...r consisted of one half-bottle of Bourbon whisky, a quarter of a bottle of Italian vermouth, and approximately one hundred drops of orange bitters. He... ...ient poor people waiting for the midnight train stared in unenvious wonder—Italian women with shawls, old weary men with broken shoes, roving road-wis... ..., wife of the manufacturer of Fleetwing Automobiles, opened her celebrated Italian gar- 146 Babbitt den and served tea. Six hundred real-estate men a... ... also the best operas, such as Verdi, rendered by the world’s highest-paid singers. “‘In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shab...

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...l myself undertake thy revenge with five thousand horse. I will slay every male of them, and send their women into such distant captivity that the nam... ...cattered flowers. After these followed, in due and majestic order, the fe- males who composed the choir—six, who from their black scapularies, and bla... ...ts cage, as if to assure him, by its sympathetic suggestions, that the fe- male who held the right file on the second rank of the nov- ices was dearer... ...same disunion had begun to show itself betwixt the French and English, the Italians and the Germans, and even be- tween the Danes and Swedes; but it i... ...s general prejudices, which dictated to him the assured belief that a wily Italian priest, a false-hearted Scot, and an infidel physician, formed a se... ...le, ungratefully treated, because men’s mouths—even those of his own minne-singers [The German minstrels were so termed.]—are filled with the praises ... ...rry their proposals for a treaty?” “There was a policy in it,” replied the Italian. “His charac- ter of native of Britain was sufficient to meet what ... ...Richard of England 136 The Talisman engrosses amongst minstrels and minne-singers. Has no one of the joyeuse science here present a song in praise of...

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...xpedition and secrecy purchase certain valuable specimens of the Dutch and Italian schools as to which he had received private proposals, and then pre... ... in its homely veracity, its artless artfulness, of the works of the early Italian Renaissance. On the pedestal was cut the name—Barnaby Striker, Esq.... ...interfused with a deeper amenity their long evening talks at cafe doors in Italian towns. They had gone almost immediately to Paris, and had spent the... ...not to be heard for the ask- ing. She was herself a superior musician, and singers found it a privilege to perform to her accompaniment. Rowland talke... ... that Mary Garland was one of these; for he held that such women were only males in petticoats, and he was convinced that Miss Garland’s heart was con... ...weak meaning of her eyes. She had the air, for the moment, of a little old malevolent fairy. Miss Garland, Rowland perceived in an instant, was 296 R...

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...o led me to understand the marvelous framework of ideas on which the great Italian poet built his poem, the only work which the moderns can place by t... ...rms of the French army and civil officials. The 31 Balzac Emperor, a true Italian in his love of dress, had overlaid the coats of all his servants wi... ...t Robert le Diable was to be given at the Opera. Josepha, who had left the Italian Opera six months since for the French Opera, was to take the part o... ...He rushed off to Josepha’s lodgings in the Rue Chauchat; for, like all the singers, she lived close at hand. “Whom do you want, sir?” asked the porter... ...few exceptions, who ought to be rewarded with the Montyon prize, the cook, male or female, is a domestic rob- ber, a thief taking wages, and perfectly... ...are equally applicable to any lady-killing rake; he is, in fact, a sort of male courtesan. Valerie’s last fancy was a madness; above all, she was bent...

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...downward grimace, the necessitated wrinkles of which could be stretched by malevolence to a semblance of haughty dis- gust; reminding us, through our ... ... a short utterance between the nuptial two, of whom the unshamed exuberant male has found the sweet reverse in his mate, a 97 George Meredith haven o... ...d drew his next remark to Fenellan. ‘How Wagner seems to have stricken the Italians! Well, now, the Germans have their Emperor to head their armies, a... ...ther in Sapho-delicious. I held out against Wagner as long as I could. The Italians don’t much more than Wagnerize in exchange for the loss of melody.... ...g in my service an inveterate pugilist—who breaks the law from patriotism! Male or fe- male, these very respectable persons—the people your show was m... ...e Rev. Septimus Barmby. We have nothing to be ashamed of in her, before an Italian Operatic singer! Ices after the first part is over. CHAPTER XXI DAR... ... you. But you are hungry? Y ou have been singing twice: three times! Opera singers, they say, eat hot suppers; they drink stout. And I never heard you...

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...ement was wasting paper, in drawing, washing, coloring, etc. There came an Italian mountebank to Geneva, called Gamber-Corta, who had an exhibition of... ...owned with success, and this assurance made me succeed the more. Though an Italian, and too pretty to be entirely devoid of coquetry, she had so much ... ... to write several books over fair, and trans- late commercial letters from Italian into French. All at once he thought fit to accept the before reject... ...oble habits of the canons, the chasubles of the priests, the mitres of the singers, the persons of the musicians; an old lame car- penter who played t... ...en scarcely ever forgive. Take the most sensible; the most philosophic fe- male, one the least attached to pleasure, and slighting her fa- vors, if wi... ...the walls of my chamber have ears. Surrounded by spies and by vigilant and malevolent inspectors, disturbed, and my attention diverted, I hastily comm... ... upon me, the detail has escaped my mind, since I communicated it to M. de Malesherbes in one of my four letters to him. This is one of the singularit...

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...for the infirm.’ I went to see this place one very fine winter morning: an Italian sky above, and the air so clear and bright on every side, that even... ...rom its roof. In the gallery opposite to the pulpit were a little choir of male and female singers, a violoncello, and a violin. The preacher already ... ... the gallery opposite to the pulpit were a little choir of male and female singers, a violoncello, and a violin. The preacher already sat in the pulpi... ...hat all the great sights are somewhere else. If a lady take a fancy to any male passenger’s seat, the gentleman who accompanies her gives him notice o... ...ly into her own bed chamber. In another part of the building, there was a male pa tient in bed; very much flushed and heated. ‘Well,’ said he, start... ... and opened on a hand some portico and stone verandah, like rooms in some Italian mansion. The town is clean and pretty, and of course is ‘going to b... ...ke dastards, beat about the bush by hinting at the Spaniard and the fierce Italian. When knives are drawn by Englishmen in conflict let it be said and...

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...emained for some days a mystery. Isabel remembered perfectly the neat little male child whose hair smelt of a delicious cosmetic and who had a bonne a... ...e interrupted her journey to pay a visit to her son, who at San Remo, on the Italian shore of the Mediterranean, had been spending a dull, bright wint... ...la overhung the slope of its hill and the long valley of the Arno, hazy with Italian colour. It had a narrow garden, in the man ner of a terrace, pro... ...ind; and the tall iron lattices admitted on occasion more than enough of the Italian sunshine. 188 Portrait of a Lady It was moreover a seat of ease,... ...hey drew near the choir on the left of the entrance the voices of the Pope’s singers were borne to them over the heads of the large number of persons ...

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...unt O’Reilly, Who took Algiers, declares I used him vilely? ‘Did not the Italian Musico Cazzani Sing at my heart six months at least in vain? ... ... that I know by this: That is, some words of Spanish, Turk, and Greek, Italian not at all, having no teachers; Much English I cannot pretend t... ... or present situation. He saw some fellow captives, who appear’d To be Italians, as they were in fact; From them, at least, their destiny he h... ...ny he heard, Which was an odd one; a troop going to act In Sicily (all singers, duly rear’d In their vocation) had not been attack’d In sa... ... It seems when this allotment was made out, There chanced to be an odd male, and odd female, Who (after some discussion and some doubt, If... ...ter some discussion and some doubt, If the soprano might be deem’d to be male, They placed him o’er the women as a scout) Were link’d togeth... ...him o’er the women as a scout) Were link’d together, and it happen’d the male Was Juan, — who, an awkward thing at his age, Pair’d off with a ...

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...much of a higher grade equally new to you. I suppose you do not understand Italian?’ ‘No,’ said Guy , abruptly, and his dark eyebrows contracted. Phil... ...In the midst of it, while Amy 158 The Heir of Redclyffe was intent on the Italian words of a song, Guy touched her hand, and pointed to a line in the... ...not yet venture to form an opinion on him, or enter into intimacy. ‘So the singers will not come to us on Christmas Eve, be- cause they say they must ... ...ll their rudeness and dissonance, and throwing up the win- dow, called the singers by name, asking why they stood out in the snow, instead of coming i... ...t he is disappointed at being no longer able to make us the puppets of his malevolence. Don’t answer, or if you do, tell me what you say in favour of ... ...had left orders that such should be forwarded to Como. Amabel, in her best Italian, strove hard to explain the differ- ence between the captain and Si... ...tent of the injuries he had inflicted, the first perception that pride and malevolence had been the true source of his prejudice and misconcep- tions,... ...assed over, and settled the property on my father and you, failing his own male heirs.’ ‘No one would take advantage of such a chance,’ said Philip. ‘...