死の勝利 — ガブリエーレ・ダンヌンツィオ
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Created with hocr-to-epub (v.1.0.0) The text on this page is estimated to be only 25.40% accurate THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH D'ANNUNZIO The text on this page is estimated to be only 12.92% accurate * THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS;; / J LIBRARY 8557W7 Ot.£h ' ~ The text on this page is estimated to be only 16.47% accurate Return this book on or before the Latest Date stamped below. to EB V.Pl •* •«w ** JUH 2 !3 JUB 4o i:-8 NOV 0 7 1995 NOV26 1996 FEBO« W7 1421 42001 JUN 0 « 1995 LU,_H«I The text on this page is estimated to be only 29.75% accurate THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH The text on this page is estimated to be only 25.63% accurate THE CHILD OF PLEASURE (II Piacere) THE INTRUDER^ (L'Innocente) THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH (II Trionfo della cTVIorte) THE MAIDENS OF THE ROCKS (Le Vergini delle Rocce) THE FLAME OF LIFE (II Fuoco) Each one volume, library 12mo, cloth. Per volume, $1.50 THE PAGE COMPANY 53 Beacon Street, Boston, Mass. 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WHEN she perceived a group of men leaning against the parapet and looking down into the street below, Hippolyte stopped and exclaimed : " What has happened ? " With a slight gesture, betraying fear, she placed her hand involuntarily on George's arm as if to restrain him. After watching the men a moment George said : " Someone must have leaped from off the terrace." Then he added : " Shall we turn back ? " She hesitated a few moments, wavering between curiosity and fear, and then replied : " No. Let's see what it is." They advanced along the parapet as far as the end of the walk. Unconsciously, Hippolyte accelerated her pace towards the small crowd that had gathered. On this March afternoon the Pincio was almost deserted. Occasional sounds died away in the gray and heavy atmosphere. "That's what it is," said George. "Someone has killed himself." They stopped close to the crowd. All the spectators had their gaze intently fixed upon the pavement below. Most of them were workmen without occupation. Their faces, The text on this page is estimated to be only 27.86% accurate 2 THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH. each different, expressed neither compassion nor sorrow, and the immobility of the gaze imparted a sort of bestial dulness to their eyes. A young lad came up, eager to see ; but scarcely had he ensconced himself in a position satisfactory to himself than he was hailed by one of the bystanders, in an indefinable tone of jubilation and pleasantry, as if delighted that no new arrival could enjoy the spectacle. " You're too late," he cried; " they've taken him away." "Whereto ?" " To the Santa Maria del Popolo." "Dead?" "Yes, dead." Another individual, emaciated and of a greenish complexion, with a large woollen muffler around his neck, leaned half over; then, removing a pipe from his mouth, he shouted : " What's that on the ground ? " His mouth was distorted on one side, seamed as if by a burn, and convulsed as if by an endless flow of bitter saliva. His voice was so deep that it sounded as if it emerged from a cavern. " What's that on the ground ? " he repeated. Down in the street below, a wagon-driver was squatting close to the foot of the wall. So as to hear his answer the better, the spectators became quiet and motionless. On the pavement could be seen a little blackish mud. " It's blood," replied the wagon-driver without rising. And with the point of a stick he continued his search in the bloody mire. " Anything else ? " asked the man with the pipe. The wagon-driver rose. On the end of his stick he held something extended that could not be identified from above. The text on this page is est