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Italian castles and country seats (1911)

Batcheller, Tryphosa Bates, 1878- · New York, Longmans, Green, and Co. · leaf 576

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for essence in the centreof the town, we watched the peasant girls coming withtheir picturesque water jugs to the central fountain inthe square. I sometimes wonder if we should be asclean as these pretty peasant girls, if we had to carryon our heads all the water we use. I am told that agood many… … AND COUNTRY SEATS understand how people can travel, believing themselvesalways at variance with the peasants and the people ofthe country through which they are passing; so far,my experience has been that the peasants are verypleasant people, and wonderfully patient with thenumerous automobiles…

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