. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . e to an Italian conver-sation. I used to be a little afraid of it at first. Itsounds rather like saying, There, thats that. Pleaseto bear in mind that I talked to you very nicely, andlet you bore me for a long time; I think I havenow done the thing handsomely, so youll be goodenough to score me one and let me go. But I soonfound out that it was quite a friendly and civil way ofsaying good-bye. The dunque is softer; it seems to say, I can-not bring myself to say so sad a word as farewell,but we must both of us know that the tim
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . e to an Italian conver-sation. I used to be a little afraid of it at first. Itsounds rather like saying, There, thats that. Pleaseto bear in mind that I talked to you very nicely, andlet you bore me for a long time; I think I havenow done the thing handsomely, so youll be goodenough to score me one and let me go. But I soonfound out that it was quite a friendly and civil way ofsaying good-bye. The dunque is softer; it seems to say, I can-not bring myself to say so sad a word as farewell,but we must both of us know that the time has comefor us to part, and so Cerrea is an abbreviation and corruption of disua Signoria,— by your highnesss leave. Chow I have explained already. Stia bene is simply farewell. The principal piazza of Lanzo is nice. In theupper part of the town there is a large school LANZO. 171 or college. One can see into the school througha grating from the road. I looked down, andsaw that the boys had cut their names all overthe desks, just as English boys would do. They. ctoskae. J-Ta/strr. ^ <-<~~t^-~.Z.~l-~z^T?r~ ^-~?~~?i9U*<j ■difC* y<yt*t-{ PIAZZA AT LANZO. were very merry and noisy, and though there wasa priest standing at one end of the room, he letthem do much as they liked, and they seemed quitehappy. I heard one boy shout out to another, Nonc e pericolo, in answer to something the other had 172 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. said. This is exactly the no fear of America andthe colonies. Near the school there is a field on theslope of the hill which commands a view over theplain. A woman was mowing there, and, by way ofmaking- myself agreeable, I remarked that the viewwas fine. Yes, it is, she answered ; you can seeall the trains. The baskets with which the people carry things inthis neighbourhood are of a different constructionfrom any I have seen elsewhere. They are made tofit all round the head like something between a saddleand a helmet, and at the same time to rest up
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