The dirty children babbled
a strange tongue; the water around the boat, by the shore, was covered
with a scum, and alas! alas! the land of her desire was farther off than
ever. Then she remembered that Norman Mann had once said: "If you ever
do disappear I shall know where to look for you." Would he think of it
now? Would he come for her? If he had only come last night, and would
drive by now to Sorrento. He would be here soon if he had. Would she
call him loudly or shrink down in the boat and hide her face in her
hands till she knew he was a long way past? The rest of them would not
know where to look for her. They did not know anything about Lisetta,
and she had promised not to tell even the padrona. (Faithless Lisetta!)
But of course Norman wouldn't come for her, after what he had said at
the Capitol. That was what finally drove her away. How unlike him it did
seem to speak of her in that way to Eric. She thought over his words,
and as she did so she seemed to see her mistake, and grasp his meaning.
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