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OUR FOUNTAINc 383
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layer of vine leaves which , cover the yellow pats herbs of butter and , sprinkle
nosegays the bunche melting s of of gay black odorous and and gre bri flowers en ht fi red gs and , Al huge sweet ine app strawberries les , , thickly re that clustered -arrange have gp
. they been arranged jolted have little to into grapes come store some , so and confusion far the before money desp they ite they of can hope all their sell to earn care their : is poor anxiousl so g much irls y !
) : homes needed . and I long eagerl to beg y , expected the notable in self their -marketing too often ladie poverty s at the -stricken Ponte not to cheapdown their goods to the very least possible price ,
. . ladies through of , the making en zealous ( fairl insatiable y or unfairl desire y they that do not does much some care times which seize )
£ t a It reall is , y astonishing good bargain how ! " much , the women baskets find to talk the and clatter laug of h
_^ bout as they busy themselves over their — refreshing tongues never themselves ceases for at a the minute fountain ; and before some going young to men tkeir who work are , animation
_teousl xeturn join the y . hel conversation The ping younger the women and girls have add , who are tall to onl good its sli y merriment laug ht -looking fi h at , their and thoug small awkwardness h _jDerhaps well-shaped , cour not in - regularlprettThey gures
headsmasses y of y . dark glossy hair coquettishl g y disp , layed under the gay expressive handkerchief , eyes , and they a know singularl how the y bri to ght arrange intelli them gent so before gracefull smile their . y , Hard time fine
and work they and become constant prematurel exposure y to faded sun and ages wrinkled , soon losing every , beauty except their pleasant animated expression dark . blue le
bo & Their dicelaced usual with dress yellow is very or white becoming silk : cord a over a wide or -sleeved purp full linen , camiciewhich is often trinimed with , a peculiar coarse
lace ( made in some , of the mountain villages , ) a long dark colored _ekirt , , enlivened by a gaudy colored crossed apron , and the neck sometimes They a white have
. muslinlace-bordered kerchief , over . , round almost their , all , gold throat or s coral or old earrings crosses , strings and hearts of pearls : these twisted ornam together ents are g
. generally the girls' , dowries , and are only parted with in the direst povert At last y and all distress the baskets . are readand laced securely on their
bearers' headsand the merry troop y , disappear rep under the arch in the Ducal Palace , through which the road to the Ponte takes its
way : I hear the chatter , and bursts of laughter long after they are _< out They of sight . succeeded "hy long train of charcoal cartsdrawn by
nut hard branches y-looking are fastened little horses about , a who them are to half keep hidden off the by tormenting the , leafy chest flies . -
The recline carts the are drivers piled hi at gh full with length sacks scarcel of charcoal troubling , on the thoinselves top of which to
• . hold the reinsor in any way interfere , with y their sagacious , well-,
Our Fountainc 383
OUR FOUNTAINc 383
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 383, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/23/
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