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Updated: July 18, 2025
Heretofore the wealthy people took great pride in these volantes, a purely Cuban idea, and they were ornamented for city use at great expense with silver trimmings, and sometimes even in gold.
I was ravished with this assurance, having, I may confess it to you, señor, dreaded the contact between the señorita and the holy Mother, a woman of incredible force and piety. But I must hasten my narrative. At seven o'clock last evening two volantes were in readiness at the door of the Montfort mansion.
"I and my volante" is like Cardinal Wolsey's "Ego et Rex meus." As for those who have no volantes, modesty becomes them, and quietness of dress and demeanor.
Our silly little flock only laughed, colored, and retreated to the volantes, where they held a council of war, and decided to go visit some establishment where possibly better manners might prevail.
Volantes are capricious and too exotic a vehicle to trifle with; moreover, they turn corners with difficulty, and corners in Havana are the things you meet the most of. The streets are narrow; so that if you wish to avoid adventures you must be careful to give your coachman the correct address before starting off.
I send you none of those 'pieces volantes' in my letters, because they are all printed in one or other of the newspapers, particularly in the "Chronicles"; and I suppose that you and others have all those papers among you at Hamburg; in which case it would be only putting you to the unnecessary expense of double postage.
On both sides of the road were real jungles of tropical growth, with the purple mountains as a background. On reaching our destination we were met by volantes and saddle-horses.
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