ss into geniality. He insisted on wearing the vest, the
under side of which was scribbled with magical signs.

Madonna Gemma sat by the bed all day, and lay beside him at night.
On rising, she attired herself in a vermilion gown over which she
drew a white jacket of Eastern silk embroidered with nightingales.
Into her golden tresses she braided the necklaces that he had
offered her. Her tapering milky fingers sparkled with rings. Her
former beauty had not returned--another, greater beauty had taken
its place.

A day came when he recognized her face. Leaning down like a flower
of paradise, she kissed his lips.

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