She had never travelled in Switzerland or Italy before and all was enchantingly novel to her.
They had journeyed through Basle to Lucerne, spending a few days in that delightful spot, and thence proceeding by the Simplon Pass to Lugano and the Italian lakes.

Then we heard that they had gone further south than had been at first contemplated; they had reached Rome, and were intending to go on to Naples.
After the first few weeks we neither of us received any more letters from John.

It was always Constance who wrote, and even her letters grew very much less frequent than had at first been the case.

This was perhaps natural, as the business of travel no doubt engrossed their thoughts.

But ere long we both perceived that the letters of our dear girl were more constrained and formal than before.