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By the Ionian Sea

CHAPTER I
10/13

In Magna Graecia the waters of two fountains mingle and flow together; how exquisite will be the draught! I drove with my luggage to the Immacolatella, and a boatman put me aboard the steamer.

Luggage, I say advisedly; it is a rather heavy portmanteau, and I know it will be a nuisance.

But the length of my wanderings is so uncertain, its conditions are so vaguely anticipated.
I must have books if only for rainy days; I must have clothing against a change of season.

At one time I thought of taking a mere wallet, and now I am half sorry that I altered my mind.

But---- We were not more than an hour after time in starting.


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