Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . # P ^. A CORNER OF BASTIA. To face p. 215,] BASTIA AND ROUND ABOUT 215 house-builder loves dearly to adorn his how your busy Bastiais loves to keep his housewhite and glittering, with utter disregard for the eyesof those who must be out in the streets when the strongnoonday sun is shining fiercely on the brightly colouredwalls ! It amounts almost to a passion with him, and itcertainly gives to the streets a charming air of freshnessand an appearance of beauty. There is a good deal of the Parisian about the upper-class Bastiais. T
Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . # P ^. A CORNER OF BASTIA. To face p. 215,] BASTIA AND ROUND ABOUT 215 house-builder loves dearly to adorn his how your busy Bastiais loves to keep his housewhite and glittering, with utter disregard for the eyesof those who must be out in the streets when the strongnoonday sun is shining fiercely on the brightly colouredwalls ! It amounts almost to a passion with him, and itcertainly gives to the streets a charming air of freshnessand an appearance of beauty. There is a good deal of the Parisian about the upper-class Bastiais. They are not home-keeping hearts,like the Ajacciens. They like to lunch and dine inrestaurants; in fashionable attire, they have made theafternoon promenade the correct thing ; they indulgein visits to cafes for afternoon tea, when they nibbleat petits pains and talk scandal. Between six andseven oclock Monsieur appears with Madame in Parisiansplendour. Their boys and girls, charmingly manneredchildren, accompany them. Friends meet friends, andhappy chat
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