'
'My cousin is only here till to-morrow, then she goes back to Frascati.
On Wednesday, she gives a kind of garden party at the villa in the style
of the Princess of Sagan. Costume is not absolutely _de rigueur_, but
the ladies will all wear Louis XV. or Directoire hats. We are going.'
'You are not leaving Rome again so soon, I hope?' Grimiti asked of
Sperelli.
'I shall stay till the beginning of November. Then I am going to France
for a fortnight to see about some horses. I shall be back in Rome about
the end of the month.'
'Talking of horses,' said Ludovico, 'Leonetto Lanza wants to sell
_Campomorto_. You know it--a magnificent animal, a first-rate jumper.
That would be something for you.'
'How much does he want for it?'
'Fifteen thousand lire, I think.'
'Well, we might see----'
'Leonetto is going to be married directly. He got engaged this summer at
Aix-les-Bains.'
'I forgot to tell you,' said Musellaro, 'that Galeazzo Secinaro sends
you his remembrances. We travelled back from India together. If you only
knew of all Galeazzo's doughty deeds on the journey! He is at Palermo
now, but he will be in Rome in January.'
'And Gino Bomminaco begs to be remembered to you,' added Barbarisi.
'Ah, ha!' exclaimed the duke with a burst of laughter, 'you should get
Gino to tell you the story of his adventure with Donna Giulia Moceto.
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