Blount Tempest . ing along thenarrow way, the vetturino urged his cavalli diposta. At length the pass began to widen, andthe vehicle jolted through the streets of Signa,where the busy workwomen, seated about theirhomes, were plaiting straw, pursuing their villagetrade. The Yal dArno opened upon their was gained, smiling in the autumnal love-liness of the valley. Villas and mansions gaveindication of approach to the city, and under 296 BLOUXT TEMPEST. the shadow of the purple hills, at length thedome of the Duomo, the towering head of theCampanile, and the machieolated battlements o
Blount Tempest . ing along thenarrow way, the vetturino urged his cavalli diposta. At length the pass began to widen, andthe vehicle jolted through the streets of Signa,where the busy workwomen, seated about theirhomes, were plaiting straw, pursuing their villagetrade. The Yal dArno opened upon their was gained, smiling in the autumnal love-liness of the valley. Villas and mansions gaveindication of approach to the city, and under 296 BLOUXT TEMPEST. the shadow of the purple hills, at length thedome of the Duomo, the towering head of theCampanile, and the machieolated battlements ofPalazzo Yecchio rose in grey outline againstthe sky. Firenza la Eella,^ exclaimed the Doctor,pointing to the distant churches, the heights ofFiesolc, and the frowning walls of FortressBelvedere. Sir Xigel stood up on his seat, to scan thepicture growing into ^iGW. Big tears rolleddown the old mans cheeks, for he realized, atlast, that he was approaching the home and thegrave of the brother he had tenderly
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