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In the middle of the day two men arrived, who brought a parcel from the next posta to be forwarded to the general: so that besides these two, our party consisted this evening of my guide and self, the lieutenant, and his four soldiers.
I reached the place of our bivouac by sunset, and drinking much mate, and smoking several cigaritos, soon made up my bed for the night. The wind was very strong and cold, but I never slept more comfortably. September 10th. In the morning, having fairly scudded before the gale, we arrived by the middle of the day at the Sauce posta.
And they awoke at dawn to see the last star fade above the cone of Etna, and the first spears of the sun thrust up out of the stillness of the sea. "Signorino, ecco la posta!" And Gaspare came running down from the terrace, the wide brim of his white linen hat flapping round his sun-browned face. "I don't want it, Gaspare. I don't want anything." "But I think there's a letter from the signora!"
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