How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Italians! How romantic! Just think, ma—there's never been one in this town, and everybody will be dying to see them and they're all ours!" (5.11)
Is it just us or is it a little creepy to lay claim to other people (even if they are super cool Italians)? Of course, in a slaveholding culture this attitude isn't too surprising.
Quote #2
"[. . .] Luigi—Angelo. They're lovely names; and so grand and foreign—not like Jones and Robinson and such." (5.15)
Um, you just offended a whole lot of people with that Jones comment, Rowena.
Quote #3
"[. . .] Our parents were well to do, there in Italy, and we were their only child. We were of the old Florentine nobility"—Rowena's heart gave a great bound, her nostrils expanded, and a fine light played in her eyes—"and when the war broke out my father was on the losing side and had to fly for his life." (6.3)
Down, girl! Why does the information that the twins are old Florentine nobility get Rowena all fired up?