Excerpt from Aline, Vol. 1: An Old Friend's StoryWith sprightly grace stepped forth the young Italian, upon the scene - still warbling the last ardent bars of the song he had con cluded and suiting his action to the expressive terms - Mia bene adorata! Or some such high ¿own nonsense, he encircled with one arm the young wife's waist, and pressed her towards him, bending upon her at the same time a glance which spoke more than acting from the dark eyes, which, when thus turned towards me, I thought the most splendid I had ever beheld.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.