Now in Ruins.


[1] Second Edition, Milan, 1870. (Fratelli Rechiadei), p. 86. [↑]

FORS CLAVIGERA.

LETTER XX.

Venice, 3rd July, 1872.

My Friends,

You probably thought I had lost my temper, and written inconsiderately, when I called the whistling of the Lido steamer ‘accursed.’