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CHAPTER V. CHRISTMASTIDE AT NAPLES. HILIP WALTON had many opportunities of watching the manners and customs of different countries, and his thoughtful mind led him to study character at the same time. He came to Naples without any introductions, but his intimacy with the De Tours soon made him acquainted with a number of English and foreign families. Their style of visiting was easy and friendly, and, in a delightful climate, where, except on the mountains, snow is seldom seen, and where one never shivers from the winter's cold, ridingand sketching parties went on uninterruptedly. Marie de Tours was the centre of attraction to her little circle. In her character the grace and vivacity of ' la belle France' was combined with solid and more enduring qualities, and she lacked the frivolity which historians often attribute to her nature. Half English in her parentage, she was gentle and home-loving in all her ways, and although she entered warmly into innocent gaieties, yet her chief pleasures were found in visiting the poor, and in the services of her religion. Beautiful, accomplished, and the heiress of a large fortune, Marie had plenty of friends. But it was a nobleness and depth of feeling in her perfectly natural character, which impressed Philip Walton, and gave her a charm in his eyes. He had singular tact in adapting his conversation to all whom he met. Frivolous women were delighted with his ready banter,and those who were clever soon discovered that in the young Englishman they had morethan their match. But ' Marie de Tours is unlike any girl whom I have known, ' was his mental remark. Hitherto, in his continental experience, fashionable women appeared to fritter away the hours in mere pleasure, but here was one whose actions showed him that life was real and...
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This is an OCR edition with typos.
Excerpt from book:
CHAPTER V. CHRISTMASTIDE AT NAPLES. HILIP WALTON had many opportunities of watching the manners and customs of different countries, and his thoughtful mind led him to study character at the same time. He came to Naples without any...