Italy: Sinbad the Sailor.

           Towardsthebeginningoftheyear1838,twoyoungmenbelongingtothefirstsocietyofParis,theVicomteAlbertdeMorcerfandtheBaronFranzd’Epinay,wereatFlorence.TheyhadagreedtoseetheCarnivalatRomethatyear,andthatFranz,whoforthelastthreeorfouryearshadinhabitedItaly,shouldactasciceronetoAlbert.AsitisnoinconsiderableaffairtospendtheCarnivalatRome,especiallywhenyouhavenogreatdesiretosleeponthePiazzadelPopolo,ortheCampoVaccino,theywrotetoSignorPastrini,theproprietoroftheHoteldeLondres,PiazzadiSpagna,toreservecomfortableapartmentsforthem.SignorPastrinirepliedthathehadonlytworoomsandaparloronthethirdfloor,whichheofferedatthelowchargeofalouisperdiem.Theyacceptedhisoffer;butwishingtomakethebestuseofthetimethatwasleft,AlbertstartedforNaples.AsforFranz,heremainedatFlorence,andafterhavingpassedafewdaysinexploringtheparadiseoftheCascine,andspendingtwoorthreeeveningsatthehousesoftheFlorentinenobility,hetookafancyintohishead(havingalreadyvisitedCorsica,thecradleofBonaparte)tovisitElba,thewaiting-placeofNapoleon.

           OneeveninghecastoffthepainterofasailboatfromtheironringthatsecuredittothedockatLeghorn,wrappedhimselfinhiscoatandlaydown,andsaidtothecrew"TotheIslandofElba!"TheboatshotoutoftheharborlikeabirdandthenextmorningFranzdisembarkedatPorto–Ferrajo.

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