Thus There Was "A View Of
The Black Lead Mine In Cumberland," A Coloured English Print Of The
End Of The Last Century Or The Beginning Of This, After, I Think,
Loutherbourg, And In Several Rooms There Were English Engravings
After Martin.
The English will not, I think, regret if they yield
to these attractions.
They will find the air cool, shady walks,
good food, and reasonable prices. Their rooms will not be charged
for, but they will do well to give the same as they would have paid
at an hotel. I saw in one room one of those flippant, frivolous,
Lorenzo de' Medici match-boxes on which there was a gaudily-
coloured nymph in high-heeled boots and tights, smoking a
cigarette. Feeling that I was in a sanctuary, I was a little
surprised that such a matchbox should have been tolerated. I
suppose it had been left behind by some guest. I should myself
select a matchbox with the Nativity, or the Flight into Egypt upon
it, if I were going to stay a week or so at Graglia. I do not
think I can have looked surprised or scandalised, but the worthy
official who was with me could just see that there was something on
my mind. "Do you want a match?" said he, immediately reaching me
the box. I helped myself, and the matter dropped.
There were many fewer people at Graglia than at Oropa, and they
were richer. I did not see any poor about, but I may have been
there during a slack time.
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