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"I was sent to see you. I'm from Captain Dinshaw." "Don't know him," said Locke. "What's it about?" "The island," said Jarrow, still cautious. "Island! Oh, yes, the old fellow with the picture. All right, come on up." Jarrow was soon before the door of the Lockes' suite and was ushered into a room which overlooked the bay, the windows open and the awnings down.
My orders were to go to the Palace Hotel at Leghorn, and there await my master. The hotel in question was, I found, one of the best in Italy, filled by the smartest crowd of men and women, mostly of the Italian aristocracy, who went there for the magnificent sea-bathing. It was a huge white building, with many balconies, and striped awnings, facing the blue Mediterranean.
It was a modern building, without distinctive character, but many-windowed, and pleasantly balconied up its wide cream-coloured front. On one of the upper balconies, which hung well above the rounded tops of the horse-chestnuts in the square, the awnings were still lowered, as though the sun had just left it.
Why should he?" "I say he has not." "I like Ruffo." "Lo so." Again he looked at her with that curious expression in his eyes. Then he said: "Come, Signorina! It is getting late. We must go to the island." And they pulled out round the point to the open sea. During the hot weather the dwellers in the Casa del Mare made the siesta after the mid-day meal. The awnings and blinds were drawn.
What they could interfere with in a practically horseless town I cannot imagine, but I trust this stupidity gave way to second thought. The cab rattles and careers up the length of the street, scattering rickshaws and pedestrians from before its triumphant path. To the left opens a wide street of little booths under iron awnings, hung with gay colour and glittering things.
After the ordeal of divisions the mess-stools, chairs for the officers, and reading desk were brought up and placed on desk under the awnings, and at 10.30, when church had been "rigged," the tolling of the bell summoned the officers and ship's company to divine service.
But thou perchance art unaccustomed to the light of Eastern lands, wherefore thy brows must not be permitted to ache on, uncared for. See! I have lowered the awnings, . . they give a pleasant shade, and in very truth, the heat to-day is greater far than ordinary; one would think the gods had kindled some new fire in heaven!"
Her officers had given a ball the night before in honor of the Spanish dignitaries of Valparaiso, and the decks were still covered with awnings and gay with bunting and flags. Reluctant to forego such a tempting opportunity, Captain Hillyar ran in and luffed his frigate within a few yards of the Essex. To his disappointed surprise, the American fighting ship was ready for action on the instant.
Really the buildings are several stories high; but you do not observe this at once, especially if there be no moon, because only the lower stories are illuminated up to their awnings, above which all is darkness. The illumination is made by lamps behind the narrow paper-paned doors, and by the paper-lanterns hanging outside, one at every door.
The tables were laid parallel with the inner slope of the rampart, and awnings were stretched overhead. Passing to and fro the Mayor beheld the unattractive exterior of Farfrae's erection in the West Walk, rick-cloths of different sizes and colours being hung up to the arching trees without any regard to appearance. He was easy in his mind now, for his own preparations far transcended these.
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