Excerpt: ...of Sampaolo for life. Secondly, the little Count and his mother were summoned to take the oath of fidelity to the King, and as they did not turn up to do so, having gone to her people in England, they were declared to have outlawed themselves, and to be 'civilly dead', their properties, accordingly, passing to the next heir, who, of course, was Guido himself. Thirdly, Guido was created Count of Sampaolo by royal patent, the Papal dignity being pronounced 'null and not recognisable in the territories of the King. ...
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Excerpt: ...of Sampaolo for life. Secondly, the little Count and his mother were summoned to take the oath of fidelity to the King, and as they did not turn up to do so, having gone to her people in England, they were declared to have outlawed themselves, and to be 'civilly dead', their properties, accordingly, passing to the next heir, who, of course, was Guido himself. Thirdly, Guido was created Count of Sampaolo by royal patent, the Papal dignity being pronounced 'null and not recognisable in the territories of the King.' It is Guido's granddaughter who is Countess of Sampaolo to-day." She terminated her narration with a motion of the hand, as if she were tossing something from her. Anthony waited a little before he spoke. "And the little Count?" he said, at length. "The little Count," said Susanna, "went through the formality of suing his uncle for the recovery of his estates-or, rather, his mother, as his guardian, did so for him. But as the action had to be tried in the law-courts at Turin, I need n't tell you how it ended. In fact, it was never tried at all. For at the outset the judges decided that the suitor would have no standing before them until he had taken the oath of allegiance to the King, and renounced his allegiance to the Pope. He was 'civilly dead'-he must civilly resuscitate himself. As he refused to do this, his cause was dismissed, unheard." "And then-?" said Anthony. "Then the little Count returned to England, and grew to be a big count, and married an Englishwoman, and had a son, and died. He was adopted by his mother's brother, an English country gentleman, who, surviving him, and being a bachelor, adopted his son in turn. The son, however, dropped his title of Count, a title more than seven hundred years old, and assumed the name of his benevolent great-uncle. I 'm not sure," she reflected, "that I quite approve of his dropping that magnificent old title." "Oh, he very likely found it an encumbrance, living in England, as an...
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Fair. 1902 Green Hardcover, no DJ. Cover has rubbing, staining, and shelf/edge wear. Bumping to cover corners. Discoloring to spine. Front hinge is cracked but intact. Pages have heavy fading and age staining. Pencil markings to back pastedown. Tracking available on most domestic orders.
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