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Updated: May 12, 2025
Ver' helful; ver' diverting. I find guide. 'You needn't bother. Your guide would be Italian, and it's too much of a strain to talk to a man all day in dumb show. He folded his arms with a weary sigh. 'A week of Valedolmo! An eternity! Gustavo echoed the sigh. Though he did not entirely comprehend the trouble, still he was of a generously sympathetic nature.
'That's not Italian; it's English, only the operator has spelt it phonetically I begin to believe there is a Jerry, she added, 'no one could cause such a bother who didn't exist. She picked up the slip and translated "Changed my mind. Do not come to Riva; stay in Valedolmo JERRY." 'I'm a clairvoyant, you see. I told you he wouldn't be there! 'But where is he? Nannie wailed.
The second letter was addressed to his sister, but he trusted to luck that Constance would see it. It ran 'DEAR NAN: Who in thunder is Constance Wilder? She wants us to stop and make a visit in Valedolmo. I wouldn't step into that infernal town, not if the king himself invited me it's the deadest hole on the face of the earth. You can stay if you like and I'll go on through the Dolomites alone.
'How can you ask such a question, Gustavo? Here am I, three days in Valedolmo, with seven more stretching before me. I have plenty of towels and soap and soft-boiled eggs, if that is what you mean; but a man's spirit cannot be nourished on soap and soft-boiled eggs. What I need is food for the mind diversion, distraction, amusement no, Gustavo, you needn't offer me the Paris Herald again.
'DEAR MISS WILDER: Nothing would give me greater pleasure than spending a few days in Valedolmo, but unfortunately I am pressed for time, and am engaged to start Thursday morning with some friends on a trip through the Dolomites. 'Trusting that I may have the pleasure of making your acquaintance at some future date, 'Yours truly, 'JERYMN HILLIARD, JR.
'How does he do? 'Broken three windows and a flower-pot and lost four balls. She laughed and turned away; and then as an idea occurred to her, she turned back and fixed her eyes sympathetically on his face. 'I suppose Valedolmo is stupid for a man; but why don't you try mountain-climbing? Everybody finds that diverting. There's a guide here who speaks English really comprehensible English.
'Anyway, Aunt Kate and I shall land in Valedolmo about the end of the week. I am dying to see you; I have some beautiful news that's too complicated to write. We've engaged rooms at the Hotel du Lac I hope it's decent; it's the only place starred in Baedeker. 'Aunt Kate wishes to be remembered to your father and Miss Hazel. 'Yours ever, 'NAN HILLIARD.
She ripped it open and ran her eyes over the contents. 'Can any one tell me the meaning of this? It's Italian! She spread it on the table while the three bent over it in puzzled wonder. 'Ceingide mai maind dunat comtu Riva stei in Valedolmo geri. Constance was the first to grasp the meaning; she read it twice and laughed.
'And you are the young woman who was sitting on the wall beside a row of of 'Stockings? She nodded. 'I trust you found the prince's garden without difficulty? 'Yes, thank you. Your directions were very explicit. A slight pause followed, the young man waiting deferentially for her to take the lead. 'You find Valedolmo interesting? she inquired. 'Interesting! His tone was enthusiastic.
After a second's wait snortingly impatient on Mr. Wilder's part; he was being pressed close by the none too clean citizens of Valedolmo the door was opened a very small crack by a frowsy jailoress. Her eye fell first upon the crowd, and she was disposed to close it again; but in the act she caught sight of the Signorina Americana dressed in white, smiling above a bouquet of oleanders.
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