Chapter 7 failed prom

failed prom After these busy days, we are finally looking forward to this lively Tuesday... Caterina dressed me in a new suit and a scarlet silk tie that Carlo Nelli had given me.Carlo Nelli is the one with the picture of old and handsome, I don't know what he will say today. My sisters gave me a lecture, which looked like the prayers heard during fasting.The content is nothing more than to be good, Don't do bad things, be polite to your guests and things like that.All the boys learned to listen to them patiently for an hour, and to show obedience to their elders.Actually, I was thinking about something else.

Naturally, I always answer "yes".So I got permission to go out of my room and walk around the living room below. Everything is ready, the dance is about to begin.how beautiful!The living room is brightly lit, and the light reflected in the mirror is even brighter!There are blooming flowers everywhere, and the attractive fragrance is everywhere. But the best smells are the creamy chocolate and vanilla cream on the table, the piles of pastries and breads piled high, and the red and yellow ice cream on the plate.The table was also covered with a very beautiful embroidered tablecloth.Delicate silver and crystal chandeliers shone, too.

The sisters are very well dressed.They were bare-chested and bare-armed, wearing white dresses, with rosy cheeks and happy eyes.They checked the living room and dining room one by one to see if everything was put away and ready to welcome guests. I wrote these pre-prom situations right away in my upstairs room.Now, my head is clear... because wait a minute, my diary, I can't guarantee if I can still write my impressions on yours. * * * It's late, but before I go to bed I'll tell you about the prom. When I returned to the living room from upstairs, the ladies had already arrived.Some I know, like Manelli, Fabiani, Piche Rossi, Carlini and others.Among the guests was Merober Santini, a skinny woman who danced so disgustingly that her sister Virginia had nicknamed her for it.

There were many ladies, but few men, only Coralto, Luisa's fiancé, and the band.The musicians sat with their arms crossed, waiting for the signal to play.The hands on the clock struck nine, and the orchestra began to play the polka, but the ladies were still milling about the drawing-room, talking to each other. Then the orchestra played the mazurka again, and two or three young ladies decided to dance on their own first, but it was of no interest, because the dance required a male partner. It was already half past nine. My poor sisters are always watching the hands of the clock with open eyes, and turning from time to time to look at the door.Their miserable expressions make people feel sympathetic.

Mom is also very anxious.Instead, I devoured four servings of ice cream one after another without anyone noticing. In fact, I also regret it very much. Finally, a few minutes before ten o'clock, the doorbell rang. The ladies thought the ringtone was more beautiful than the piano.All the people breathed a sigh of relief, turned and looked towards the door, waiting for their long-awaited male dance partner.My sisters all ran to the door to meet the male dance partner... But instead of the male dancers, it was Katerina who handed Ada an envelope.Luisa and Virginia surrounded Ada and asked, "Who can't come?"

Not at all!It was neither a letter nor an invitation, but a familiar photograph, locked for a long time in the drawer of Louisa's desk. Luisa blushed, but she immediately questioned the photo: "What's going on? How did it happen?" After a while, the doorbell rang again... The ladies looked towards the door again, looking forward to their long-awaited dance partner.But, as before, Caterina delivered another letter that terrified her sisters.Inside the letter was another photo I sent the day before yesterday. Five minutes later, the doorbell rang again, and another photo.

The faces of the sisters flushed.At this time, I tried my best not to think about these unpleasant things, because they were caused by me.I lowered my head and ate my sandwich hard to hide my unease.I'm so sorry for what I've done, I wish I could get somewhere so long as I don't see my sisters. Finally Hugo Fabini and Eugenio Tinti came, and they looked very happy.I don't know why they are happy!I remember my sister writing "What a lovely lad!" after Fabini's picture, and "Beautiful, very beautiful in the world, so beautiful!" after Tinti's picture.

But there were only three male partners at the ball, including Coralto, who was as stupid as a bear when he danced.How can three people satisfy more than twenty girls to dance? The band played a quartet, but this dance had to be done with a male partner.In this way, the ball seemed even more deserted, and everyone was very disappointed. Only a malicious person would rejoice at the failure of the ball at this time, and my sisters were almost weeping with pity. However, the drinks are delicious.As much as I was preoccupied with ruining the prom, I only had three or four drinks, but I would say the best was the Malena, and the Libes was pretty good too.

As I was wandering about in the living room, I heard Luisa whisper to Coralto: "My God, if I know who did it, I can't spare him! . . . It's just a joke. It’s so absurd, it’s sure to be spread all over the city tomorrow, who can bear it! Oh, if only I knew who’s behind it…” At this moment, Coralto came up to me, fixed his eyes on me, and said to my sister: "Maybe Gannino can tell us who did it, can't he, Gannino?" "What do you mean by that?" I replied pretending to be okay, but felt my face was burning hot, and my voice was trembling a little. "What do you mean? So, who took out the photos in Louisa's room?"

I didn't know how to answer: "Oh, maybe it was Maurino the cat..." "What? Did the cat do it?" My sister glared at me. "Yes. Last week I took two or three photos and let it play with it. Maybe it took the photos outside and threw them on the road..." "Well, it turned out that you did it!" Luisa roared, her face was as red as a burning coal, and her eyes were about to pop out. Louisa was so fierce that she wanted to eat me.Terrified, I hurriedly stuffed my pockets with macaroons and hid in my room. When the guests left, I had already undressed and gone to bed.

October 16