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Identifier: countryofringb00trev (find matches)
Title: The country of The ring and the book
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Treves, Frederick, Sir, 1853-1923
Subjects: Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
Publisher: London : Cassell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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r short life. Scanning her face onecan understand how she succeeded in persuading Capon-sacchi to take her away from Arezzo, how her devotionto him became unfathomable, how she defied herhusband when he confronted her at the inn at Castel-nuovo and yet how she generously forgave him as shelay dying in the familiar house in Rome. It is theface of a guileless woman, tender, patient, sympathetic,earnest and supremely feminine. We know from Count Guidos list of the articleshe declared that she carried away with her what mighthave been the particulars of her dress and the characterof the ornaments she wore, or might have worn. Onecan imagine her decked in her best dress as she makesher way to the theatre, where she first met Caponsacchiface to face. It was, according to the inventory, adamask suit with its mantle and a petticoat of a poppycolour embroidered with various flowers. Around theslender neck, I am sure, was the collar of crumpledsilk. With this costume would be worn the light 238
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How the People of the Story Looked blue stockings and the shoes with silver buckles thatare mentioned in the list. I fancy, too, that she wouldwear the pair of ear-rings in the shape of a little shipof gold. Pompilia may always be associated with thislittle ship of gold, since she entrusted all her treasureto one poor argosy, too frail for the darkening sea sheventured on. When she ran away with Caponsacchi from Arezzo,I think that she wore her snuff-coloured worstedbodice with petticoat ornamented with white and redpawns, and that over this was spread the apron ofkey-bit pattern with its lace, while about her shoulderswas wrapped that scarf of black taffeta with a bowof ribbon of which mention is made. I feel surethat she had with her the little ship of gold, and thather heart failed her utterly when this precious emblemwas wrested from her in the jail at Castelnuovo. Pompilias flight from Arezzo to Rome, had beenno other than the despairing voyage of a girl in a littleship that, sli

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