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1The gentleman with the nosegay in his bosom had now perceived our two friends, and was approaching the young girl with
2obsequious rapidity. He bowed to Winterbourne as well as to the latter's companion; he had a brilliant smile, an
3intelligent eye; Winterbourne thought him not a bad-looking fellow. But he nevertheless said to Daisy, "No, he's not the
4right one." Daisy evidently had a natural talent for performing introductions; she mentioned the name of each of her
5companions to the other. She strolled alone with one of them on each side of her; Mr. Giovanelli, who spoke English very
6cleverly--Winterbourne afterward learned that he had practiced the idiom upon a great many American heiresses--addressed
7her a great deal of very polite nonsense; he was extremely urbane, and the young American, who said nothing, reflected
8upon that profundity of Italian cleverness which enables people to appear more gracious in proportion as they are more
9acutely disappointed. Giovanelli, of course, had counted upon something more intimate; he had not bargained for a party
10of three. But he kept his temper in a manner which suggested far-stretching intentions. Winterbourne flattered himself
11that he had taken his measure. "He is not a gentleman," said the young American; "he is only a clever imitation of one.
12He is a music master, or a penny-a-liner, or a third-rate artist. Dn his good looks!" Mr. Giovanelli had certainly a
13very pretty face; but Winterbourne felt a superior indignation at his own lovely fellow countrywoman's not knowing the
14difference between a spurious gentleman and a real one. Giovanelli chattered and jested and made himself wonderfully
15agreeable. It was true that, if he was an imitation, the imitation was brilliant. "Nevertheless," Winterbourne said to
16himself, "a nice girl ought to know!" And then he came back to the question whether this was, in fact, a nice girl.
17Would a nice girl, even allowing for her being a little American flirt, make a rendezvous with a presumably low-lived
18foreigner? The rendezvous in this case, indeed, had been in broad daylight and in the most crowded corner of Rome, but
19was it not impossible to regard the choice of these circumstances as a proof of extreme cynicism? Singular though it may
20seem, Winterbourne was vexed that the young girl, in joining her amoroso, should not appear more impatient of his own
21company, and he was vexed because of his inclination. It was impossible to regard her as a perfectly well-conducted
22young lady; she was wanting in a certain indispensable delicacy. It would therefore simplify matters greatly to be able
23to treat her as the object of one of those sentiments which are called by romancers "lawless passions." That she should
24seem to wish to get rid of him would help him to think more lightly of her, and to be able to think more lightly of her
25would make her much less perplexing. But Daisy, on this occasion, continued to present herself as an inscrutable
26combination of audacity and innocence. She had been walking some quarter of an hour, attended by her two cavaliers, and
27responding in a tone of very childish gaiety, as it seemed to Winterbourne, to the pretty speeches of Mr. Giovanelli,
28when a carriage that had detached itself from the revolving train drew up beside the path. At the same moment
29Winterbourne perceived that his friend Mrs. Walker--the lady whose house he had lately left--was seated in the vehicle
30and was beckoning to him. Leaving Miss Miller's side, he hastened to obey her summons. Mrs. Walker was flushed; she wore
31an excited air. "It is really too dreadful," she said. "That girl must not do this sort of thing. She must not walk here
32with you two men. Fifty people have noticed her." Winterbourne raised his eyebrows. "I think it's a pity to make too
33much fuss about it." "It's a pity to let the girl ruin herself!" "She is very innocent," said Winterbourne. "She's very
34crazy!" cried Mrs. Walker. "Did you ever see anything so imbecile as her mother? After you had all left me just now, I
35could not sit still for thinking of it. It seemed too pitiful, not even to attempt to save her. I ordered the carriage
36and put on my bonnet, and came here as quickly as possible. Thank Heaven I have found you!" "What do you propose to do
37with us?" asked Winterbourne, smiling. "To ask her to get in, to drive her about here for half an hour, so that the
38world may see she is not running absolutely wild, and then to take her safely home." "I don't think it's a very happy
39thought," said Winterbourne; "but you can try." Mrs. Walker tried. The young man went in pursuit of Miss Miller, who had
40simply nodded and smiled at his interlocutor in the carriage and had gone her way with her companion. Daisy, on learning
41that Mrs. Walker wished to speak to her, retraced her steps with a perfect good grace and with Mr. Giovanelli at her
42side. She declared that she was delighted to have a chance to present this gentleman to Mrs. Walker. She immediately
43achieved the introduction, and declared that she had never in her life seen anything so lovely as Mrs. Walker's carriage
44rug. "I am glad you admire it," said this lady, smiling sweetly. "Will you get in and let me put it over you?" "Oh, no,
45thank you," said Daisy. "I shall admire it much more as I see you driving round with it." "Do get in and drive with me!"
46said Mrs. Walker. "That would be charming, but it's so enchanting just as I am!" and Daisy gave a brilliant glance at
47the gentlemen on either side of her. "It may be enchanting, dear child, but it is not the custom here," urged Mrs.
48Walker, leaning forward in her victoria, with her hands devoutly clasped. "Well, it ought to be, then!" said Daisy. "If
49I didn't walk I should expire." "You should walk with your mother, dear," cried the lady from Geneva, losing patience.
50"With my mother dear!" exclaimed the young girl. Winterbourne saw that she scented interference. "My mother never walked
51ten steps in her life. And then, you know," she added with a laugh, "I am more than five years old." "You are old enough
52to be more reasonable. You are old enough, dear Miss Miller, to be talked about." Daisy looked at Mrs. Walker, smiling
53intensely. "Talked about? What do you mean?" "Come into my carriage, and I will tell you." Daisy turned her quickened
54glance again from one of the gentlemen beside her to the other. Mr. Giovanelli was bowing to and fro, rubbing down his
55gloves and laughing very agreeably; Winterbourne thought it a most unpleasant scene. "I don't think I want to know what
56you mean," said Daisy presently. "I don't think I should like it." Winterbourne wished that Mrs. Walker would tuck in
57her carriage rug and drive away, but this lady did not enjoy being defied, as she afterward told him. "Should you prefer
58being thought a very reckless girl?" she demanded. "Gracious!" exclaimed Daisy. She looked again at Mr. Giovanelli, then
59she turned to Winterbourne. There was a little pink flush in her cheek; she was tremendously pretty. "Does Mr.
60Winterbourne think," she asked slowly, smiling, throwing back her head, and glancing at him from head to foot, "that, to
61save my reputation, I ought to get into the carriage?" Winterbourne colored; for an instant he hesitated greatly. It
62seemed so strange to hear her speak that way of her "reputation." But he himself, in fact, must speak in accordance with
63gallantry. The finest gallantry, here, was simply to tell her the truth; and the truth, for Winterbourne, as the few
64indications I have been able to give have made him known to the reader, was that Daisy Miller should take Mrs. Walker's
65advice. He looked at her exquisite prettiness, and then he said, very gently, "I think you should get into the
66carriage." Daisy gave a violent laugh. "I never heard anything so stiff! If this is improper, Mrs. Walker," she pursued,
67"then I am all improper, and you must give me up. Goodbye; I hope you'll have a lovely ride!" and, with Mr. Giovanelli,
68who made a triumphantly obsequious salute, she turned away.
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