Excerpt from Costantinopoli, Vol. 1 Ah! Ella sorride, mio buon lettore, pieno di quattrini e di noia; ella che, anni sono, quando le salt il ticchio d'andare a Costantinopoli, in ventiquattr'ore riforni la borsa e fece le va ligie, e parti tranquillamente come per una gita in campagna, incerto fino all'ultimo momento se non fosse meglio prendere invece la via di baden-baden! Se il capitano del bastimento ha detto anche a lei: Domani mattina vedremo Stambul lei avr risposto fiemmaticamente. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |