7/26 To-day I shall beg Signor Turchi to settle up the affairs of the house in this city. Now that I have no one in the world to care for, none for whom to work and amass money, I shall retire from commerce. I have ordered the _Il Salvatore_ to be provisioned, and I shall set sail by the first favorable wind." "You are right, signor. By returning to your own beautiful country, you will the sooner forget this misfortune." "God knows when I will revisit my country!" replied the old man. I admire your unbounded love for a man so little deserving of it; but, signor, you require rest. |