What a clever little reprobate she was, and how smartly she played

at injured innocence! But he wouldn't cut her. Winterbourne came



forward again and went toward the great cross. Daisy had got up;

Giovanelli lifted his hat. Winterbourne had now begun to think



simply of the craziness, from a sanitary point of view, of a delicate

young girl lounging away the evening in this nest of malaria.



What if she WERE a clever little reprobate? that was no reason

for her dying of the perniciosa. "How long have you been here?"



he asked almost brutally.

Daisy, lovely in the flattering moonlight, looked at him a moment.



Then--"All the evening," she answered, gently. * * * "I never saw

anything so pretty."



"I am afraid," said Winterbourne, "that you will not think

Roman fever very pretty. This is the way people catch it.



I wonder," he added, turning to Giovanelli, "that you,

a native Roman, should countenance such a terrible indiscretion."



"Ah," said the handsome native, "for myself I am not afraid."

"Neither am I--for you! I am speaking for this young lady."



Giovanelli lifted his well-shaped eyebrows and showed his brilliant teeth.

But he took Winterbourne's rebuke with docility. "I told the signorina it



was a grave indiscretion, but when was the signorina ever prudent?"

"I never was sick, and I don't mean to be!" the signorina declared.



"I don't look like much, but I'm healthy! I was bound to see the Colosseum

by moonlight; I shouldn't have wanted to go home without that;



and we have had the most beautiful time, haven't we, Mr. Giovanelli?

If there has been any danger, Eugenio can give me some pills.



He has got some splendid pills."

"I should advise you," said Winterbourne, "to drive home as fast



as possible and take one!"

"What you say is very wise," Giovanelli rejoined.



"I will go and make sure the carriage is at hand."

And he went forward rapidly.



Daisy followed with Winterbourne. He kept looking at her;

she seemed not in the least embarrassed. Winterbourne said nothing;



Daisy chattered about the beauty of the place. "Well, I

HAVE seen the Colosseum by moonlight!" she exclaimed.



"That's one good thing." Then, noticing Winterbourne's silence,

she asked him why he didn't speak. He made no answer;



he only began to laugh. They passed under one of the

dark archways; Giovanelli was in front with the carriage.



Here Daisy stopped a moment, looking at the young American.

"DID you believe I was engaged, the other day?" she asked.



"It doesn't matter what I believed the other day,"

said Winterbourne, still laughing.



"Well, what do you believe now?"

"I believe that it makes very little difference whether you



are engaged or not!"

He felt the young girl's pretty eyes fixed upon him through



the thick gloom of the archway; she was apparently going to answer.

But Giovanelli hurried her forward. "Quick! quick!" he said;



"if we get in by midnight we are quite safe."

Daisy took her seat in the carriage, and the fortunate Italian



placed himself beside her. "Don't forget Eugenio's pills!"

said Winterbourne as he lifted his hat.



"I don't care," said Daisy in a little strange tone, "whether I have Roman

fever or not!" Upon this the cab driver cracked his whip, and they rolled



away over the desultory patches of the antique pavement.

Winterbourne, to do him justice, as it were, mentioned to no one



that he had encountered Miss Miller, at midnight, in the Colosseum

with a gentleman; but nevertheless, a couple of days later, the fact



of her having been there under these circumstances was known to every

member of the little American circle, and commented accordingly.



Winterbourne reflected that they had of course known it

at the hotel, and that, after Daisy's return, there had been



an exchange of remarks between the porter and the cab driver.

But the young man was conscious, at the same moment, that it had



ceased to be a matter of serious regret to him that the little

American flirt should be "talked about" by low-minded menials.



These people, a day or two later, had serious information to give:

the little American flirt was alarmingly ill. Winterbourne, when the



rumor came to him, immediately went to the hotel for more news.

He found that two or three charitable friends had preceded him,



and that they were being entertained in Mrs. Miller's salon by Randolph.

"It's going round at night," said Randolph--"that's



what made her sick. She's always going round at night.

• marble [´mɑ:bəl] n.大理石 a.大理石的 (初中英语单词)


• harmony [´hɑ:məni] n.调合，协调，和谐 (初中英语单词)


• softly [´sɔftli] ad.软化地；柔和地 (初中英语单词)


• mysterious [mi´stiəriəs] a.神秘的；难以理解的 (初中英语单词)


• observation [,ɔbzə´veiʃən] n.观测；注意；意义 (初中英语单词)


• whenever [wen´evə] conj.&ad.无论何时 (初中英语单词)


• belief [bi´li:f] n.相信；信仰，信条 (初中英语单词)


• jealous [´dʒeləs] a.妒忌的 (初中英语单词)


• obviously [´ɔbviəsli] ad.明显地；显而易见地 (初中英语单词)


• objection [əb´dʒekʃən] n.反对；异议；缺点 (初中英语单词)


• mental [´mentl] a.精神的；心理的 (初中英语单词)


• relief [ri´li:f] n.救济；援救；减轻 (初中英语单词)


• intelligent [in´telidʒənt] a.聪明的；理智的 (初中英语单词)


• extraordinary [ik´strɔ:dinəri] a.非常的；额外的 (初中英语单词)


• flatter [´flætə] vt.阿谀，奉承；胜过 (初中英语单词)


• companion [kəm´pæniən] n.同伴；同事；伴侣 (初中英语单词)


• blossom [´blɔsəm] n.花；开花期 vi.开花 (初中英语单词)


• lately [´leitli] ad.近来，不久前 (初中英语单词)


• charming [´tʃɑ:miŋ] a.可爱的；极好的 (初中英语单词)


• satisfaction [,sætis´fækʃən] n.满意；满足 (初中英语单词)


• circle [´sə:kəl] n.圆圈 v.环绕；盘旋 (初中英语单词)


• sleeping [´sli:piŋ] n.&a.睡着(的) (初中英语单词)


• atmosphere [´ætməsfiə] n.大气；空气；气氛 (初中英语单词)


• standing [´stændiŋ] n.持续 a.直立的 (初中英语单词)


• accent [´æksənt, æk´sent] n.重音；口音 vt.重读 (初中英语单词)


• horror [´hɔrə] n.恐怖；战栗 (初中英语单词)


• moonlight [´mu:nlait] n.&a.月光(的) (初中英语单词)


• gently [´dʒentli] ad.温和地；静静地 (初中英语单词)


• countenance [´kauntinəns] n.面部表情；脸色；面容 (初中英语单词)


• brilliant [´briliənt] a.灿烂的；杰出的 (初中英语单词)


• advise [əd´vaiz] vt.忠告；建议；通知 (初中英语单词)


• carriage [´kæridʒ] n.马车；客车；货运 (初中英语单词)


• midnight [´midnait] n.午夜；漆黑 (初中英语单词)


• fortunate [´fɔ:tʃənət] a.幸运的，侥幸的 (初中英语单词)


• nevertheless [,nevəðə´les] conj.&ad.然而；不过 (初中英语单词)


• conscious [´kɔnʃəs] a.意识的；自觉的 (初中英语单词)


• testify [´testifai] v.证明；证实；表明 (高中英语单词)


• picturesque [,piktʃə´resk] a.似画的；别致的 (高中英语单词)


• impressive [im´presiv] a.给人深刻印象的 (高中英语单词)


• gigantic [dʒai´gæntik] a.巨大的 (高中英语单词)


• historic [his´tɔrik] a.有历史意义的 (高中英语单词)


• thereafter [ðeə´rɑ:ftə] adv.此后，其后 (高中英语单词)


• ingenious [in´dʒi:niəs] a.富于创新的；巧妙的 (高中英语单词)


• behavior [bi´heiviə] n.举止，行为 (高中英语单词)


• riddle [´ridl] n.谜(语) v.解(谜等) (高中英语单词)


• brightly [´braitli] ad.明亮地；聪明地 (高中英语单词)


• regarding [ri´gɑ:diŋ] prep.关于 (高中英语单词)


• injustice [in´dʒʌstis] n.不公正，不公平 (高中英语单词)


• flattering [´flætəriŋ] a.谄媚的；奉承的 (高中英语单词)


• rebuke [ri´bju:k] vt.&n.指责；训斥 (高中英语单词)


• apparently [ə´pærəntli] ad.显然，表面上地 (高中英语单词)


• hurried [´hʌrid] a.仓促的，慌忙的 (高中英语单词)


• porter [´pɔ:tə] n.守门人；勤杂工人 (高中英语单词)


• freshness [´freʃnis] n.新鲜 (英语四级单词)


• humility [hju:´militi] n.谦逊，谦让 (英语四级单词)


• almond [´ɑ:mənd] n.杏核，杏仁；扁桃 (英语四级单词)


• intently [in´tentli] ad.专心地 (英语四级单词)


• vehicle [´vi:ikəl] n.车辆；媒介物 (英语四级单词)


• vaguely [´veigli] ad.含糊地，暖昧地 (英语四级单词)


• radiance [´reidjəns] n.发光；光彩；辐射 (英语四级单词)


• luminous [´lu:minəs] a.发光的；明晰的 (英语四级单词)


• miller [´milə] n.磨坊主；铣床(工) (英语四级单词)


• cautious [´kɔ:ʃəs] a.小心的；谨慎的 (英语四级单词)


• sanitary [´sænitəri, -teri] a.卫生的 n.公共厕所 (英语四级单词)


• antique [æn´ti:k] a.古代的 n.古物(董) (英语四级单词)


• charitable [´tʃæritəbəl] a.仁爱的；慈善的 (英语四级单词)


• monumental [,mɔnju´mentl] a.纪念碑的；不朽的 (英语六级单词)


• politeness [pə´laitnis] n.礼貌；文雅；温和 (英语六级单词)


• enclosure [in´kləuʒə] n.包围；围墙；封入物 (英语六级单词)


• illumination [i,lju:mi´neiʃən] n.照明；阐明 (英语六级单词)


• speaking [´spi:kiŋ] n.说话 a.发言的 (英语六级单词)


• cracked [krækt] a.有裂缝的；碎的；粗哑 (英语六级单词)