Remember the Alamo by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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playing upon a mandolin. Robert Worth smiled as he offered
his hand to him. It was impossible not to smile at a youth so handsome, and so charming--a youth who had all the romance of the past in his name, his home, his picturesque costume; and all the enchantments of hope and great enthusiasms in his future. "Luis, I am glad to see you; and I felt your music as soon as I heard it." He was glancing inquiringly around the room as he spoke; and Antonia answered the look: "Mother and Isabel are supping with Dona Valdez. There is to be a dance. I am waiting for you, father. You must put on your velvet vest." "And you, Luis?" "I do not go. I asked the judge for the appointment. He refused me. Very well! I care not to drink chocolate and dance in his house. One hand washes the other, and one cousin should help another." "Why did he refuse you?" "Who can tell?" but Luis shrugged his shoulders expressively, and added, "He gave the office to Blas-Sangre." "Ah!" |
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