![]() ![]() ![]() None of the courts of Europe, they were saying, can compare with this. ![]() One could see the foreigners who entered the room struck by the magnificence of this ball. A singular pride was displayed in her every gesture. A girl whom her sparkling eyes and ebon tresses proclaimed of Roman birth entered, escorted by her father every eye followed her. The most beautiful women of Rome vied with them for the prize of beauty. The fair, retiring beauties of noble England had intrigued for the honour of being present at this ball they arrived in crowds. All the most sumptuous treasures that the arts of Italy, the luxury of Paris and London can furnish had been collected for the adornment of this palace. All Rome was astir: the Duca di B-, the famous banker, was giving a ball in his new palazzo on the Piazza di Venezia. ![]()
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