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Page 1 of 11913 · PDF PAGE 7
…ritten to Francisco, but the letter had miscarried. It was an important letter. Giovanni had written to say that he was betrothed unto a noble lady. On learning this, Francisco remarked :— “Blood of Christ— Betrothed !—What word is that? Curled flame of Hell ! Thou art betrothed? Giovanni! thou, my friend ! O! five red wounds of God, and Mary’s mouth! How hast thou dared it?” A mock-terrible scene follows, in which Giovanni tries to persuade his friend that it will make no real difference to their relations. Francisco pre- tends to be convinced…
1913 · PDF PAGE 5
…ery fortunate that even in times when the greatest laxity of morals prevails, in England at least there is always found some austere and noble soul to protest against decadence ; to be a witness in the midst of corruption, that there is a standard of pure and lofty thought, a City of the Soul, forti- fied against all evil, and whose artillery can over- whelm the savage hordes of impurity. We do not think any one will accuse us of flat- tery in saying that Lord Alfred Douglas is just such a person, and this is the more striking pheno- menon as i…