ABSTRACT
This chapter reproduces the text from Chapter IV of Ada Reis, Volume II. Fiormonda, perfect in loveliness, seemed already to set some little value upon the admiration of the men, and the envious observation of the women, to whom she was now for the first time presented. Yet she demeaned herself with a modesty, reserve, and dignity, which added to her attractions. With Fiormonda the Duke of Montevallos opened the ball; to her alone every honour was paid. The viceroy seized every opportunity of addressing himself exclusively to her, and Montevallos gazed till his eyes beheld scarcely any thing beside. The attachment of the Duke of Montevallos to Fiormonda was a subject of much raillery to the viceroy; and the lady’s indifference, of surprise.
