"And a neighbor who passed La Madre's at midnight, said she was laughing
out loud then."
CHAPTER IX.
"Signorina." Mae was passing down the long hall when she heard the
whisper. She turned and saw Lisetta, with shining eyes and pink cheeks,
standing at her side. Her pretty plump shoulders were only half covered,
and the array of colors about her transformed her into a sort of
personified rainbow. This was Lisetta's Carnival attire, and very proud
she was of it.
"Why, Lisetta, what do you want, and what makes you so happy?" called
Mae.
"O, Signorina, the cousins are here,--and others,--all in mask. They
fill Maria's rooms quite full. It is very gay out there, and they all
want to see you, Signorina. I have told them how well you speak Italian
and how you love Italy, and to-night, they say, you shall be one of us.
So come." All this while Lisetta had been leading Mae swiftly down the
corridor, until as she said these last words, she reached and pushed
open the door.
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