Italian castles and country seats . sical, I consented to sing some ballads forher. They all were most appreciative and seemed toenjoy the music. The Marchesa took me over thehouse, and I took pictures to my hearts content. Ihave rarely seen more beautiful pieces of Venetianfurniture than are in this villa, and Morpurgos col-lection of cups and blue ribbons gives colored andbrilliant proof of his many triumphs with wonderful**Moonlight and Honeymoon. I wish I couldfind some mirrors, like those at Conegliano in thedrawing-room, of this beautiful Murano glass that onesees so much of about here,
Italian castles and country seats . sical, I consented to sing some ballads forher. They all were most appreciative and seemed toenjoy the music. The Marchesa took me over thehouse, and I took pictures to my hearts content. Ihave rarely seen more beautiful pieces of Venetianfurniture than are in this villa, and Morpurgos col-lection of cups and blue ribbons gives colored andbrilliant proof of his many triumphs with wonderful**Moonlight and Honeymoon. I wish I couldfind some mirrors, like those at Conegliano in thedrawing-room, of this beautiful Murano glass that onesees so much of about here, but the treasure^ thathave hung in these old and stately villas are not tobe easily found in the shops of to-day. As I wentup with the Marchesa to her room, I cast an admiringglance at her bedspread, made of beautiful squares offilet lace alternated with squares of very fine traforoembroidery. I made it all myself, she said. Doyou like it? It was certainly beautiful, and this isonly one of the many instances I have seen of the[178]. AND COUNTRY SEATS accomplishments of the Itahan noblewomen. TheMarchesa lives a very gay life, entertains a greatdeal at her spacious and elaborate villa in Rome,newly built a few years ago, and one house party fol-lows another at Conegliano; but somehow these womenseem to find time to accomplish a great deal and doit well. They invariably speak three or four languagesfluently, are generally fine riders and drivers, and itis taken for granted that they are good managers, asindeed they must be, to prove such capable we knew it, the sun was setting, and we had tosay good-bye. Baron Gino tried his best to make uspromise to bring our trunks and make a visit to-mor-row, but letters are coming from Como insisting thatwe arrive at the lake, so we must wait another yearto stay with the Morpurgos. I was sorry not to havehad time to stop a moment at the cathedral, whereImogene tells me is a fine altar-piece by GiambattistaCima (1459-1517), wh
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