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slight feeling of sadness. Boccetti touched his eyes with his
handkerchief, pretending to weep for his ppth countess ;
the
pianista waved an adieu to that fortunate sky which had heard
his divine harmonies for five months ; Maglietti
saluted with
regret those walls among which he had made so many useless
attempts to practise rigid economy ;
and even Jhe good Mazzoni
contemplated with a certain sweet melancholy the city where
he had devoured and imbibed so much, and taken so many
turns with his friends.
Cavagnetti alone, who had lost seventyfive
francs at play two days before, stood on one side, leaning
over the parapet, more angry than sad.
" What 's the matter
with " "
you, Cavagnetti
? I asked on approaching him. Are
you thinking with regret of "
your Sicily " "
Not ? a bit of it ! he
replied, continuing to fix his eyes on the "
city. I am thinking
with regret of the seventy-five cyclops that I have lost there."
But then he suddenly roused himself, lighted a cigar with
eight matches, assumed his usual air of a millionaire, and began
promenading with long steps up and down the steamer (which
was majestically cutting the waves) laden with so many arms
and hopes.