The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson / Being the History of What They Saw, and Did, in Belgium, Germany, Switzerland & Italy.

by Richard Doyle

AN EVENING SCENE BEFORE THE CAFÉ FLORAIN, PIAZZA SAN MARCO.

BROWN AT THIS PERIOD UNDERTOOK, AT THE URGENT REQUEST OF JONES AND ROBINSON, TO SETTLE THE ACCOUNTS OF THE PARTY, WHICH HAD BECOME COMPLICATED OWING TO THAT PERPLEXING “MEDIUM,” TO THOSE UNUSED TO IT, THE AUSTRIAN PAPER MONEY.

THIS IS A FAITHFUL PICTURE OF THE UNFORTUNATE MAN AS HE SAT, IN THE SOLITUDE OF HIS CHAMBER, UNTIL A LATE HOUR OF THE NIGHT, DRAWING UP THE “FINANCIAL” STATEMENT.

ROBINSON (solo). —“I STOOD IN VENICE,” ETC.; JONES AND BROWN, HAVING HEARD SOMETHING LIKE IT BEFORE, HAVE WALKED ON A LITTLE WAY.

Reflection made by BROWN. —WHY DO PEOPLE WHEN REPEATING POETRY ALWAYS LOOK UNHAPPY?

ENJOYMENT!

A SCENE UPON THE GRAND CANAL.