Tales from the Italian and Spanish : realism and romance, adventure and humor, revealing the soul of the Latin lands . take it in partner-ship. So capital an agreement cut short all Renzos eco-nomical dubitations, so that he quickly decided upon busi-ness, and complied with the proposal. They went together,and the bargain was concluded. . Business went on capitally. At the beginning there wasa little difficulty from the scarcity of workmen, and fromthe ill-conduct and pretensions of the few that still re-mained. Orders were published, which limited the priceof labor: in spite of this help, thi
Tales from the Italian and Spanish : realism and romance, adventure and humor, revealing the soul of the Latin lands . take it in partner-ship. So capital an agreement cut short all Renzos eco-nomical dubitations, so that he quickly decided upon busi-ness, and complied with the proposal. They went together,and the bargain was concluded. . Business went on capitally. At the beginning there wasa little difficulty from the scarcity of workmen, and fromthe ill-conduct and pretensions of the few that still re-mained. Orders were published, which limited the priceof labor: in spite of this help, things rallied again; because,after all, how could it be otherwise? Another rather morejudicious order arrived from Venice—exemption, for tenyears, from all charges, civil and personal, for foreignerswho would come to reside in the state. To our friends thiswas another advantage. Before the first year of their marriage was completed abeautiful little creature came to light; and, as if it hadbeen made on purpose to give Renzo an early opportunityof fulfilling that magnanimous promise of his, it was a little 362. O E u - ?r. - < - £ o ^ < MANZONFS BETROTHED LOVERS M girl. It may be believed that it was named Maria. After-wards, in the course of time, came I know not how manyothers, of both sexes; and Agnese was busy enough incarrying them about, one after the other, calling them littlerogues, and imprinting upon their faces hearty kisses, whichleft a white mark for ever so long afterwards. They wereall very well inclined; and Renzo would have them all learnto read and write, saying, that since this amusement wasin fashion, they ought at least to take advantage of it. The finest thing was to hear him relate his adventures:and he always finished by enumerating the great things hehad learnt from them, for the better government of himselfin future. Ive learnt, he would say, not to meddlein disturbances: Fve learnt not to make speeches in thestreet: Fve learnt not to drink more
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