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NINE NOBLE EGYPTIANS.
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painted upon the wall by Neureuther, and looking forth
pensively from amid the rich festoons of foliage which sur-
round her.
With Isabel, Emilia talked much about this beautiful
Ludmilla she also told her many interesting and curious
things regarding her own sojourn in Milan, where she had
gone to study music under a celebrated composer; she
told her how she had, when Christmas came round, deco-
rated a Christmas-tree for a number of Italian children,
who had never before seen such a wonder. The tree was
laurel, and not pine;—but whether the tree be laurel of
Italy or pine of Germany, when glittering with fruit of
sugar and flowers of fire, little children, she said, will always
clap their hands and shout with glee ! Much that was very
strange about the outbreak of the revolution in Milan,
which Emilia had witnessed, she also told.
I, meantime, was talking with certain of the noble
Egyptians. “ I have heard in England much about the
Egyptians studying in London,” said I to one of the youths ;
“ are they friends of yours ?”
“ Oh, our beloved brothers ! our beloved comrades !
Do you know them ? How is it with them ? tell us how it
is with our beloved comrades !” exclaimed the excited lad.
“ The lady—the English young lady, knows our beloved
brothers in London !” cried he eagerly to the other
Egyptians j and soon a knot of scarlet fezes had assembled
round me.
“ I myself do not personally know your brothers in Lon-
don,” said I, with regret, as I saw their excited dark eyes
beaming upon me; “ but they often visit at the house of
a friend of mine; my cousin, too, the young lady in the
lilac dress, sitting there in the corner of the divan, has
seen and spoken with your brothers at this friend’s house;
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painted upon the wall by Neureuther, and looking forth
pensively from amid the rich festoons of foliage which sur-
round her.
With Isabel, Emilia talked much about this beautiful
Ludmilla she also told her many interesting and curious
things regarding her own sojourn in Milan, where she had
gone to study music under a celebrated composer; she
told her how she had, when Christmas came round, deco-
rated a Christmas-tree for a number of Italian children,
who had never before seen such a wonder. The tree was
laurel, and not pine;—but whether the tree be laurel of
Italy or pine of Germany, when glittering with fruit of
sugar and flowers of fire, little children, she said, will always
clap their hands and shout with glee ! Much that was very
strange about the outbreak of the revolution in Milan,
which Emilia had witnessed, she also told.
I, meantime, was talking with certain of the noble
Egyptians. “ I have heard in England much about the
Egyptians studying in London,” said I to one of the youths ;
“ are they friends of yours ?”
“ Oh, our beloved brothers ! our beloved comrades !
Do you know them ? How is it with them ? tell us how it
is with our beloved comrades !” exclaimed the excited lad.
“ The lady—the English young lady, knows our beloved
brothers in London !” cried he eagerly to the other
Egyptians j and soon a knot of scarlet fezes had assembled
round me.
“ I myself do not personally know your brothers in Lon-
don,” said I, with regret, as I saw their excited dark eyes
beaming upon me; “ but they often visit at the house of
a friend of mine; my cousin, too, the young lady in the
lilac dress, sitting there in the corner of the divan, has
seen and spoken with your brothers at this friend’s house;