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"I have seen Giovanni Gestra myself," said the Italian, "and I have heard of Luigi Pozzi. Giovanni Gestra returned to the Lago but no one knows what is become of Luigi Pozzi." "The last time I saw him," said I, "was about eighteen years ago at Coruna in Spain; he was then in a sad drooping condition, and said he bitterly repented ever quitting N."
"Because," said I, "when I was a ragazzo I knew many from the Lake of Como, who dressed much like yourself. They wandered about the country with boxes on their backs and weather-glasses in their hands, but had their head-quarters at N. where I lived." "Do you remember any of their names?" said the Italian. "Giovanni Gestra and Luigi Pozzi," I replied.
"He is the prince of the Milanese of England the most successful of all, but I acknowledge the most deserving. Che viva." "I wish he would write his life," said I; "a singular life it would be he has been something besides a travelling merchant, and a jeweller. He was one of Buonaparte's soldiers, and served in Spain, under Soult, along with John Gestra.
"Are there any books in your dialect, or jergo, as I believe you call it?" said I. "I believe there are a few," said the Italian. "Do you know the word slandra?" said I. "Who taught you that word?" said the Italian. "Giovanni Gestra," said I; "he was always using it." "Giovanni Gestra was a vulgar illiterate man," said the Italian; "had he not been so he would not have used it.
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