. The spell of Italy. ructed, to becharmed in the country of Long Desire, but thiswholly irresistible Happiness we had not conceived Happiness had found us out, found us out atlast; intellect went to sleep, was not called for;care spread its wings and flitted away Uke an owlfrom the sun. And so we loved Naples and dared toconfess it even to the superior travellers of whom wemet a plenty who looked upon us with disfavour onthat account, and said coldly that it was too dirtyfor them, and did we like the noise and the smells?Yes, we thought the noise joyous and we only smeltroses and orang
. The spell of Italy. ructed, to becharmed in the country of Long Desire, but thiswholly irresistible Happiness we had not conceived Happiness had found us out, found us out atlast; intellect went to sleep, was not called for;care spread its wings and flitted away Uke an owlfrom the sun. And so we loved Naples and dared toconfess it even to the superior travellers of whom wemet a plenty who looked upon us with disfavour onthat account, and said coldly that it was too dirtyfor them, and did we like the noise and the smells?Yes, we thought the noise joyous and we only smeltroses and orange blossoms! The next question wouldbe. But what do you find to do? the sightseers duty being plainly to be up and doing. With aguilty knowledge of hours upon hours spent in ourbalcony hanging between sea and sky, doing nothingbut be in Naples and listen to the sadly propheticyet bewitching strains of * Addio a NapoU fromwandering singers in the street below, we wouldhasten to insist upon the acknowledged merits of the. GANYMEDE AND THK KAGLE, MUSEO NAZIONALE, NAPLES. Corals and the Immortal Gods 51 Museo. But what was the Museo to the collectionswe would find in Rome? This suggestion alwaysmade Filia and me tremble inwardly, for how couldwe bear a greater weight of glory? We were comingto dread Rome in a most cowardly fashion, knowingfull well that we should have to use our brains againwhen we faced its walls. SUding with httle emphasisover the shops (the charm of which I must hereconfess had again reasserted itself), lest we shouldbe thought too frivolous, we would advance the de-hghts of our daily drives to the Mergellina and Posil-ipo, to Pozzuoli, to the Vomero and was usually met by the disapproving exclama-tion, But have you not been to Pompeii yet? To this we always said hurriedly that we were goingto-morrow, but to-morrow after to-morrow went by,and still we went not. We instinctively shunned sostrenuous an excursion and yet, as I told Filia, Ishould ne
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