I feel out of place there, amid all the gaily dressed nobles and ladies, and no sooner do I get there, than I begin to wonder how anyone can prefer the heated rooms, and clatter of tongues, to the quiet pleasure of a walk backwards and forwards on the deck of a good ship.

Besides, I want to learn my profession, and there is so much to learn in it that I feel I have no time to lose." "I am right glad to see your eagerness in that direction, Francisco, and I did but jest with my daughters.

You have not yet asked me what is the destination of the Lido, for that is the name of your new vessel.
This time you are going quite in a new direction.

In the spring we are certain to have war with Genoa, and as Parma and Hungary will probably both take side against us, we may find ourselves cut off from the mainland, and, in case of a disaster happening to our fleet, in sore straits for food.

I am, therefore, going to gather into my warehouses as much grain as they will hold.