And they from time to time blew upon their fingers, in the intervals of using their mouths for the purpose of grumbling at the cold.

But they none of them resorted to tramping up and down, or stamping with their feet, or threshing themselves with their arms, or had recourse to movement of any kind to get a little warmth into their bodies, as Englishmen may be seen to do under similar circumstances.

However cold it may be an Italian never does anything of this sort.

It must be supposed, that to him cold is a less detestable evil than muscular exertion of any kind.
There were some half-dozen men standing about the door; and though they were doing nothing, it was not to be supposed that they stood there in the bitter cold for their own amusement.

The fact was, they were waiting for one of the great events of the day at Ravenna,--the arrival of the diligenza from Bologna.