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Arrived there, he climbs to the summit of the cape and lingers a while it is pleasant to find him lingering to examine something or other. A good day's hustle.... The ladies made a great impression on his sensitive mind; yet not even they were allowed to interfere with his plans. At Strongoli the "sparkling eyes of the younger sister" proved the most attractive object in the place.
I decide to wait; to make an attack, meanwhile, upon old Petelia the "Stromboli" of my lady-friend at the Catanzaro Museum.... It is an easy day's excursion from Cotrone to Strongoli, which is supposed to lie on the site of that ancient, much-besieged town.
He volunteered to show me not only Strongoli, but all Calabria; in fact, his heart's desire was soon manifest: to escape from home and find his way to America under my passport and protection. He pressed the matter with naif forcefulness. Vainly I told him that there were other lands on earth; that I was not going to America. He shook his head and sagely remarked: "I have understood.
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