Lovaina

"Lovaina," I said, "it was hardly eighteen seventynine you were married.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

De la imatge [Consulta: 18 de juliol de 2009] “Biblioteca Arenberg en Lovaina”.

La Biblioteca Universitària Arenberg, Lovaina | [bauen] 2009

I lost mine several times, and had to grope shamefacedly in the race for it, until finally Lovaina made the proper knots and turned it into a diaper.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

Lovaina with the Dummy drove down to the Annexe for me.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

In the open porch, Lovaina, gaily adorned, her feet bare, but a wreath of ferns on her head, sped the dishes and the wine.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

When Lovaina inquired the price, she smiled her sweetest, rubbed the saleslady's back, and uttered some joke that made her sway with laughter, so that price became of no importance.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

On the couch back of the table Lovaina sat for many hours every day.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

The Arioi, minstrels of the tropics -- Lovaina tells of the infanticide -- Theories of depopulation -- Methods of the Arioi -- Destroyed by missionaries.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

His beard had a diameter of a foot, and obviated any need of collar or shirt-band, for it grew from his shoulder-blades up, so that his forehead, eyes, nose, and lips were white islands in a black sea, and even his nose was not bare, for he had been debited by Lovaina for his champagne as "Hair on nose."

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900

It was the strangest salon of any capital, and Lovaina the most fascinating of hostesses.

Mystic Isles of the South Seas. Frederick O'Brien 1900