Three Vassar girls in South America : a holiday trip of three college girls through the southern continent, up the Amazon, down the Madeira, across the Andes, and up the Pacific coast to Panama . Victoria, who joined them soonatter, ignored his presence altogether, andif Delight was kind to him, it was onlybecause it was an impossibility for De-light to be rude to any one. Senhor Silvacame forward and was introduced; hespoke English without accent, but he wasvery foreign looking. His hair curledclosely to his head in jetty rings, and hiscomplexion was more than sallow, it wasalmost saffron. Wh
Three Vassar girls in South America : a holiday trip of three college girls through the southern continent, up the Amazon, down the Madeira, across the Andes, and up the Pacific coast to Panama . Victoria, who joined them soonatter, ignored his presence altogether, andif Delight was kind to him, it was onlybecause it was an impossibility for De-light to be rude to any one. Senhor Silvacame forward and was introduced; hespoke English without accent, but he wasvery foreign looking. His hair curledclosely to his head in jetty rings, and hiscomplexion was more than sallow, it wasalmost saffron. When it transpired thatMaud had visited Portugal, he chattedpleasantly of Lisbon, which it seemed washis birthplace. I became slightly acquainted with afamily of 3our name, in Lisbon, ]NLaudremarked; and the Senhor listened withinterest while she related a little adventure in the Library of NationalArchives, how an obliging student had helped them translate the oldrecords of the Inquisition, and how he brought his mother to callupon them; and Senhora Silva, in her turn, extended SENHOR SIL\-A. 26 THREE VASSAR GIRLS IX SOUTH AMERICA. takiiii,^ them to tlie ncvcr-to-bc-lbrgottcn graduating exercises of herdaugliters class at the Convent do Bom Successo. When Maud liad tinislied her story, Senhor Silva asked, And didTcsuino or his sister Candida never mention a half-brother in tliewilds of Brazil? Thev spoke of acquaintances there, but I do not remember an}brother. *Ah! tliat comes from remaininjr so lon^r from home. I mustcertainly go to Lisbon next }ear, and bring them all out to see theirmyth of a brother. Then are 3ou really related? From your description I have no doubt that the Senhora Silva ofwhom you speak is my step-mother, and Jesuino and Candida myhalf-brother and sister. Was not the mother rather stout, with darkhair and eyes, and had she not a mole on the left cheek? On the right, I think. Precisely. Did they take you out to their quinta at Cintra? No; I do
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