Part 2 (2/2)

They encountered theateway of cumae,

At the Grotto of the Comaean Sibyl,

At Nero's Baths,

At the Lucrine Lake,

At Baiae,

At Misenum,

In fact everywhere

Still, they enjoyed thehts until late in the day They were then at Baiae; and here the party stopped at a little inn, where they proposed to dine

Here the beggars beset them, in fresh crowds, till Uncle Hoses was compelled to close his purse, and tear himself away from his clamorous visitants Frank and Bob went off to see if they could find some donkeys, ponies, or horses, so as to have a ride after dinner; while David and Clive strolled off towards the country

”Come, Clive,” said David, ”let Frank and Bob enjoy their jackasses

For et to solorious land It's the most classic spot in all the world”

”It's the iven to senti on, they came to a place which projected into the sea, and here they sat down

”O, what a glorious sight!” exclaimed Clive ”Look at this wonderful Bay of Naples! How intensely blue the water is! How intensely blue the sky is! And look at Vesuvius opposite What an i fro his throat, ”this is the place that the elder Pliny sailed from at the time of the destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii And look all around That little toas once the luxurious Baiae Over yonder is Lake Lucrine, which Virgil sings about On that side is Misenue What a glorious place! Everything that we have ever read of in classic story gathers about us here

Cicero, Caesar, Horace, Virgil, Tiberius, and Juvenal, seeula and Claudius,--every old Roood or bad And look, Clive, that is land out there As I live, that is Capraea! And see,--O, see, Clive,--that nori, per l'amor di Dio Sono povero--molto povero!_”

It was in the middle of David's rather incoherent rhapsody that these words burst upon his ears He and Clive started to their feet, and found close behind thears Two of the frae One was a wo -limbed felloith very villanous faces It ith one universal whine that these unwelconori, per l'amor di Dio_”

David shook his head

”_Sono miserabile_,” said Number Five

”I don't understand,” said David

”_Noi abbiam fame_,” said Number Six

”_Non capisco_,” said Clive, who had learned that nori nobilissime!_”

”I tell you, I don't understand,” cried David

”Non capisco,” repeated Clive