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not a second Nostromo, as he fondly imagined he would be;but still, the position was brilliant enough. It emboldenedhim to make up to Giselle Viola, who, you know, is the recognizedbeauty of the town. The old Garibaldino, however,took a violent dislike to him. I don’t know why. Perhapsbecause he was not a model of perfection like his Gian’ Battista,the incarnation of the courage, the fidelity, the honourof ‘the people.’ Signor Viola does not think much of Sulaconatives. Both of them, the old Spartan and that white-facedLinda, with her red mouth and coal-black eyes, were lookingrather fiercely after the fair one. Ramirez was warnedoff. Father Viola, I am told, threatened him with his gunonce.’‘But what of Giselle herself?’ asked Mrs. Gould.‘She’s a bit of a flirt, I believe,’ said the doctor. ‘I don’tthink she cared much one way or another. Of course shelikes men’s attentions. Ramirez was not the only one, let metell you, Mrs. Gould. There was one engineer, at least, onthe railway staff who got warned off with a gun, too. OldViola does not allow any trifling with his honour. He hasgrown uneasy and suspicious since his wife died. He wasvery pleased to remove his youngest girl away from thetown. But look what happens, Mrs. Gould. Ramirez, thehonest, lovelorn swain, is forbidden the island. Very well.He respects the prohibition, but naturally turns his eyes frequentlytowards the Great Isabel. It seems as though he hadbeen in the habit of gazing late at night upon the light. Andduring these sentimental vigils he discovers that Nostromo,Captain Fidanza that is, returns very late from his visits to