“He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American-a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.” Louisa May Alcott

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