*

The rim of the early moon shouldered above the frowning death-mask of
Napoleon, the huge salmon-tinted mountain on the far side of the Lecco.
In the villages the day-sounds had given way to the more peaceful voices
of the night. They could hear the occasional light laughter of the
gardeners on the second terrace; the bark of a dog in the hills; from
the house of the silk-weaver came the tinkle of a guitar. In the houses
on the hill opposite and in the villages below the first lights of
evening began to glimmer, now here, now there, like fireflies become
stationary.

"See Naples and die," she whispered, "but the spirit will come to
Bellaggio."

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