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on of the afternoon, and the return of the zephyr, or the western breeze. So regular, indeed, are these changes in the currents of the air during the summer months, that the mariner can rely with safety on meeting a light breeze from the southward throughout the morning, a calm at noon--the siesta of the Mediterranean--and the delightfully cool wind fr

cisely as she had approached on the previous evening, with the confidence of a friend and the celerity of a bird. Years had passed since such a tumult was awakened in the capital of Elba. Men, women, and children poured from the houses and were seen climbing the streets, all hastening to the promenade, as if to satisfy themselves with their own eyes of the existence of some miracle. In vain did the infirm and aged call on the vigorous and more youthful for the customary assista

, that one who had been present at the former might readily have fancied the latter merely its continuation. There, indeed, was the lugger, under her foresail and mainsail, with the jigger brailed, coming down wing-and-wing, and glancing along the glittering sea like the duck sailing toward her nest. This time, however, the English ensign was flying at the end of the jigger yard, as if in triumph;

rajo in this style; knowing, too, as does this 'Sir Smees,' the sort of people he will have to deal with! Remember, Vice-g

ly, for he was far from being satisfied on the subject of Sir Cicero and on those of certain other ci

me, and prove his deeds! I do not esteem myself, Signor Vice-governatore, as the idlest or as the most ignorant man in the Grand Duke's ter

o considered thy advice and services. Still, I wish I knew something of this Sir Cicero; for, to

rm every syllable the

several distinguished orators of that nation are styled English

in our Italy; but would it come to pass, think you, among remote

ndness, "that we Italians took the pains to civilize these people a thousand years ago, and that they have not gone backward all this time. But there can be no dou

of those who so loyally put their trust in us. No republican would dare to anchor in the bay

so. Will you descend to the port and see that the forms are c

e dignified and proper for the vice-governatore to remain, and await to hear the report of the supposed English officer where he was. Ghita was one of the few also who remained on the heights, her heart now beating with renewed apprehensio

oned the world on account of a strong religious sentiment, had aided in making her deeply devout and keenly conscientious. The truth of her character rendered her indisposed to the deception which Raoul was practising, while feminine weakness inclined her to forgive the offence in the motive. She had shuddered again and again, as she remembered how deeply the young sailor was becoming involved in frauds,--and frauds, too, that might so easily terminate in violence and bloodshed; and then she had trembled under the influence o

roving republican who might come along behind the buildings of the port, as had been expected, he shot past the end of the quay and anchored within a few fathoms

receiving you into our bosom, as it were, here in the haven. How ingeniously you led off that sans culotte this morning! Ah, the Inglese are the great nation of the ocean, Co

suitable cordiality and condescension, acting the great man as if accustomed to this sort of incense from infancy. As became h

personal orders. 'Never enter a port of one of my allies, Smeet,' he said, the very last time I took leave of him, 'without immediately hastening with your duty to the commandant of the p

rano, and still more so in being al

Never enter London, my dear Smeet,' he said to me, 'without coming to the palace, where you will al

d of a great king! I did not

ajesty, 'always be prompt in calling on the superior authorities, and remember me benevolently and affe

ly ran no small hazard in the way of discovery. But with Vito Viti he incurred little risk on this score, provincial credulity and a love of the marvellous coming in aid of his general ignorance, to render him a safe depository of anything of this sort that the

rve such a prince?" he excla

nocently, "but which may one day well happen. Do you not think, podest

nd admirals, and other great personages. Si--a general or an admiral who dies for his sovereign does deser

ey wish to be canonized, let them restore the Bourbons, and put themselves lawfully in the way of

ng terms on the service the lugger had rendered the place by leading off the rascally republicans, showing that he considered t

h your new English work on Roma. I doubt if the Elder Pliny, or Mark Antony, or even Caesar, ever did a finer thing, Signore; and I am not a man addicted to extr

een unnecessary. Peste! it is not a single republican ship that can make a

ees, and dying with impatience to greet you. We will drop the sub

less warm than that he received from the podestà, though

ers from my master, to pay my respects to you again, and to report my arrival once more in your

esources and seamanship," returned Andrea, with due complaisance. "To own the truth, when I saw you depart it was with the apprehension that we

t intensely on some matter of moment. Smiles struggled round his handsome mouth, and then he

will you have?--we sailors are sent to sea children, and we know little of books. My excellent father, Milord Smeet, had me put in a frigate when I was only twelve, an age at which one knows very little of Ciceros or Dantes or Corneilles, even as you will confess. Thus, when I found myself in the presence of a

that there has been n

of education, to admit all this to a philosopher on a first acquaintance. It becomes a different thing when natural modesty is encou

bly accompany the want of opportunities for study; and I at least can now say how delightful it is to witness the ingenuousness which admits it. Then, if England has never possessed a Cicero in name, doubtless she has had many in qualifications, after allowing for the halo which time ever throws around a reputatio

With her he had been all sincerity, the influence he had obtained over the feelings of that pure-minded girl being as much the result of the nature and real feeling he had manifested, as of his manly appearance and general powers of pleasing. It would have been, indeed, matter of interesting observation for one curious in the study of human nature to note how completely the girl's innocence and simplicity of character had extended itself over every act of the young man that was any way connected with her; prev

e podestà. As it was yet too light for the sailor to seek an interview with Ghita, he cheerfully accepted the offer; making a careful examination of the whole of the northern margin of

d prudence could desire, I trust? For my part, I consider him a most interesting youth;

, like yourself, I make no doubt of his becoming an illustrious admiral in time. It is true his father, 'Milordo Smees,' has not done justice to his education; but it is

afraid of the barbarians of the south shore and of the French of the north. All these would have been good prizes; but, to do the privateersman justice, he was little in the habit of molesting mariners of so low a class. There was one felucca, however, that was just rounding the promontory, com

y for the light to disappear, when he felt a perfect confidence of again meeting Ghita on the promenade. As he had discovered how much more safety there was in diffidence than in pretension, he found his task of deception comparatively easy; and by letting the vice-governatore have his own way, he not only succeeded in gaining that functionary over to a full belief

ul thought it some of the hardest duty in which he had ever been engaged. As for Vito Viti, he was edified, and he did not care to conceal it, giving

, which lasted fully half an hour, "but never so great as you are to-night! Signore, you have been most illustrious this evening! Is it not so, Sign

has been said; and that has been deep regret that my profession has cut me off from all these ric

what we admire. I will write out a list of works which I would recommend to your perusal; and, by touching at Livorno or Napoli, you will obtain all

ittle lightened by the ridiculous, and uttered a few curses on the nations of the north, for being so inconsiderate as to have histories so much longer and more elaborate than he conceived to be at all necessary. All this passed as he hastened along the promenade, which he found deserted

ated risks finally end? When so fairly and cleverly out of the harbor o

ndsomely done; and is not this brave vice-governatore rarely mystified!--I sometimes t

oo honest to deceive long, whatever thou may'st do on

i will one day know why. And now to our business, Ghita, since

urpose than to say as much myself. My dear uncle has arrived,

Italy! Here is the lugger to take the place of the felucca, and we can sail this very night. My cabin shal

particulars, was superior to that received by most young women of her class in life, the former were simple, and suited to her station, as well as to the usages of her country. She had not been brought up with that severe restraint which regulates the deportment of the young Italian females of condition, perhaps in a degree just as much too severely, as it leaves the young American too little restrained; but she had been taught all that decorum and delicacy required, either for the beautiful or the safe, and her notions inculcated the

it be convenient for you to sail, Raoul?" the girl demanded; "we ha

one blowing, and it now seems as if every fan of Italy had gone to sleep. You can depen

Is it not odd, Raoul, that he is profoundly ignorant of your being in the bay? He gets more and more lost to thi

e shall never have occa

s, which began our acquaintance, and for which we shall always have occasion to bless you, has made peace between you a

when rescuing you and your good kinsman from the boat of the Algerine, who I was saving. And y

he uttered the words: "but we thank thee again and again, Raoul, as the instrument of his mercy in the affair of the Algerine, and are willing to trust to thee now and always. It will be easy to induce my uncle to em

at would necessarily subject them to observation. This portion of the arrangements was soon settled, and then Ghita thought it prudent to separate. In this proposal her companion acquiesced w

e wine-house where they had taken their potations the previous night, he repaired to it without delay, luckily finding Ithuel and his interpreter deep in the discussion of another flask of the favorite Tuscan beverage. 'Maso and his usual companions were present also, and there being nothing unusual in the commander of an English ship of war's liking good liquor, Raoul, to prevent suspicion, drew a chair and asked for his glass. By the conversation that followed, the young privateersman felt satisfied that, though he might have succeeded in throwing dust into the eyes of the vice-governatore and the podestà, these experie