Italian castles and country seats . f nature. I think no one has ever heardCount Greppi say a word against anybody, yet hischaracter is by no means banal, for he has a quickwit and a pretty repartee. I remember at a dinner Igave in Rome I was very undecided as to the seat-ing of my distinguished guests, and I said to CountGreppi, to whom I had given the second place, havingplaced a former Minister of Foreign Affairs at myright, that I hoped I had made a correct diagram formy table, but felt that I was very liable to error in aforeign land. You have given me quite the placeyou should have, said
Italian castles and country seats . f nature. I think no one has ever heardCount Greppi say a word against anybody, yet hischaracter is by no means banal, for he has a quickwit and a pretty repartee. I remember at a dinner Igave in Rome I was very undecided as to the seat-ing of my distinguished guests, and I said to CountGreppi, to whom I had given the second place, havingplaced a former Minister of Foreign Affairs at myright, that I hoped I had made a correct diagram formy table, but felt that I was very liable to error in aforeign land. You have given me quite the placeyou should have, said Count Greppi, but any placeat your table, dear Madame, is a place of we all could live to be ninety-two, and be asmuch sought for, admired, and really beloved, what awonderful world it would be! I remember one nightin Rome, when His Royal Highness the Count ofTurin was dining at the Hotel Excelsior, and takinghis coffee in the large, spacious palm garden of thathotel, people turned in surprise to see the Royal Prince[240]. AND COUNTRY SEATS leave his table, rush out into the hall, and throw botharms around Count Greppi in an affectionate Royalty feels, I think everyone who knows CountGreppi feels: a sincere affection, a simpatia for thisgallant old gentleman, who never misses the first nightat the opera, who attends all the balls, though, ofcourse, his dancing days are over, who dines out gen-erally six nights out of the seven in Rome, and comesback each season to his special apartment built forhim in the Excelsior Hotel, with as fresh enthusiasmas any debutante. The Countess Cammarata, who is visiting theMarchesa for a few days, Donna Mina Sala, Countand Countess Lurani, and Count Arnaboldi with hisdaughter the Princess di Palazzolo, who had come overfrom their Castello di Carimate near by, made a veryjolly luncheon party. The table decorations at allthese luncheons, dinners, and teas seemed to varyin their artistic combination as much as the villasthems
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