summer-terms

Updated: January 20, 2026

Gemma's old school friends still lived in Florence, and her more important letters were often received, for safety, at their address. "It is Michele's mark," she said, glancing quickly over the letter, which seemed to be about the summer-terms at a boarding house in the Apennines, and pointing to two little blots on a corner of the page.

E. L. (Ethel Lillian) Voynich - The Gadfly