The Cardinal's Snuff-Box
The Cardinal's Snuff-Box
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They're a horrible inconvenience. But I can'tget it out of my head that the air is filled with a swarm of malignantlittle devils, who are always watching their chance to do us an illturn. We don't in the least know the conditions under which they canbring it off; but it's legendary that if we wear opals, or sit thirteenat table, or start an enterprise on Friday, or what not, we somehowgive them their opportunity. And one naturally wishes to be on the safeside. " She looked at him with doubt, co...nsidering.
"You don't seriously believe all that?" she said.
"No, I don't seriously believe it. But one breathes it in with the airof one's nursery, and it sticks. I don't believe it, but I fear it justenough to be made uneasy. The evil eye, for instance. How can one spendany time in Italy, where everybody goes loaded with charms against it, and help having a sort of sneaking half-belief in the evil eye?" She shook her head, laughing.
"I 've spent a good deal of time in Italy, but I have n't so much as asneaking quarter-belief in it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
They're a horrible inconvenience. But I can'tget it out of my head that the air is filled with a swarm of malignantlittle devils, who are always watching their chance to do us an illturn. We don't in the least know the conditions under which they canbring it off; but it's legendary that if we wear opals, or sit thirteenat table, or start an enterprise on Friday, or what not, we somehowgive them their opportunity. And one naturally wishes to be on the safeside. " She looked at him with doubt, co...nsidering.
"You don't seriously believe all that?" she said.
"No, I don't seriously believe it. But one breathes it in with the airof one's nursery, and it sticks. I don't believe it, but I fear it justenough to be made uneasy. The evil eye, for instance. How can one spendany time in Italy, where everybody goes loaded with charms against it, and help having a sort of sneaking half-belief in the evil eye?" She shook her head, laughing.
"I 've spent a good deal of time in Italy, but I have n't so much as asneaking quarter-belief in it.
What to read after The Cardinal's Snuff-Box?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Harland Henry to read onlineMoreLess
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