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302 SCHOOLS IN PALEBMO.
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For Several Days After^Tir^ 'First^Sit-;...
day that the whole party should spend with us at our villa . proposed Twenty pairs havi of carriages dark _ej r es sparkled driving with first p t leasure o the ark when of t we he
ng , p to Favorita our house _, which for is lunch three ; and miles when from we the asked city , out and of then curiosity returning how *
many Chinese of P the agoda girls buil had t seen there the b park a Bourbon and been ( the to t father he ridiculous of the
present ex-King , , ) we found that y not one had ever seen it ! So it was arranged for the next Thursday , which is the holiday
t of the nex week t few . days We , watched as the sirocco the weather was blo with wing grea fearfull t anxie y t , y for
making the prospect of any excursions far from pleasant , or grea all even T t hursdays l possible y they enj . , for oyed But the , t happ 20 heir young il drive y , this mis to t t Thursday resses he Favorita , turned —this y and out Thursday t well he absurd ; and of
A and litt le t P agoda a they was drove t c deal harmin bac and k g to to were our them villa , a , very and m wer pal ace o very ver of deli hungry it ght our ! ,
kind friendthe grea Signora , F . being inde very fatigable erry in her effor , ts to our amuse coff them eein , . sailed And while my Lad we y were H ., all magni talking ficen and t in laug blac hin k g moire over
in and love such with a , genial her at presence once . , There that decidedl were also y al with ] the us 20 some girls of were the _^
danced a Mufti teachers large , " p til whi of ar l t t y they ch he , and schools was were could a tired game at p th e y and q G with ui es t i we ne ne immense and amused w in else S w icil s them p here iri y . t , by at so Then showing _" Gran wer they d
them sketches of all the places ; familiar to them in Palermo from childhoodbut which they had never before thought the least
for pretty the , firs or , wh t time ich , . perhaps One of , th the ey g would irls was now sister reall to y go the and apprentice look at
of a carpenter , with whom I was on very friendly terms , as I had b emp oards loyed for hi m cons and tant I ly h to stretch been canvasses vermuc and h amuse make d drawing when
this girl , directl , y after she entered the y house , came up and , told asked me that who her he brother wasshe desired said" _" Oh molti he comp has had limenti the . " leasure When of I p
t making he wall that with boar a drawing d , for you stretched , , " pointing , on it . to We one laug leaning hed , and against they all seemed , quite leased at this wonderful coincidence !
The girls were p very well dressed , one or two really nicely , and with good taste ; but most of them with a most wonderful array
thing they of colors had , with . dedicated Several a most wore dreadful thems the elves colors squint for , of some wore different a purpose brig saints ht . green , One to whom dress poor ,
' who trimmed is supposed with long to cure white all ribbons diseases — of the the colors eyes ! of Santa Lucia ,
302 Schools In Palebmo.
302 SCHOOLS IN PALEBMO .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1864, page 302, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011864/page/14/
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