Tales Of A Traveller, By Washington Irving

















































































































 -  And the domestics
of the inn talked with wonder of the splendid dressing-case, with its
gold and silver furniture - Page 254
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And The Domestics Of The Inn Talked With Wonder Of The Splendid Dressing-Case, With Its Gold And Silver Furniture That Was Spread Out On The Toilette Table, And The Bag Of Gold That Chinked As It Was Taken Out Of The Trunk.

The strange "Milor's" wealth, and the treasures he carried about him, were the talk, that evening, over all Terracina.

The Englishman took some time to make his ablutions and arrange his dress for table, and after considerable labor and effort in putting himself at his ease, made his appearance, with stiff white cravat, his clothes free from the least speck of dust, and adjusted with precision. He made a formal bow on entering, which no doubt he meant to be cordial, but which any one else would have considered cool, and took his seat.

The supper, as it was termed by the Italian, or dinner, as the Englishman called it, was now served. Heaven and earth, and the waters under the earth, had been moved to furnish it, for there were birds of the air and beasts of the earth and fish of the sea. The Englishman's servant, too, had turned the kitchen topsy-turvy in his zeal to cook his master a beefsteak; and made his appearance loaded with ketchup, and soy, and Cayenne pepper, and Harvey sauce, and a bottle of port wine, from that warehouse, the carriage, in which his master seemed desirous of carrying England about the world with him. Every thing, however, according to the Englishman, was execrable.

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