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4 October 1880 — Mogliano | |
Monday. 4th October [1880]. We played lawn tennis till twelve oclock breakfast & I explained to Css Marcello how to make a rustic arbour to sit under—she sent for the gardener & ordered one at once intending to have one up in a couple of hours. We left Pino & the gardener hard at it when we drove in to Treviso & when we returned they had one pole up! We drove to Treviso the Css, Henry, I & Abbate Fanilla who arrived before breakfast. We met the son of Ct Bianchini & he did cicerone. We went to the Monte di Pietà—where we saw a bijou of a room—carved wood, stamped leather & a frieze with very pretty paintings– The ceiling was all to match & it was the most complete thing of the kind I ever saw. They showed us there a picture of the Entombment said to be Giorgione—but now recognised not to be by him—an unpleasant picture & much repainted—in fact ½ of the angels in it were of a reddish complexion the other half very white. We went to the town library a modern but fine edifice with some curious books & letters– We then drove to the duomo & saw the . From there we went to St Nicolas a wonderfully graved simple Gothic church. There were several more churches to see but we were too tired to go to them so we went to the caffé & refreshed ourselves & then drove home. We set to work at once at tennis. We found Signor Peruzzi had arrived to spend a few hours. The Css Sister in law—Baronesa also turned up & the 2 Miss Puccis & the élève so we sat down 16 to dinner & were very merry. I sat between Massari & Peruzzi– We asked P. a great deal abt Ouida. He said he had been obliged to give up her acquaintance as she had persecuted him to try & get him to force Stufa to marry her—she said there was a law in England wh would do so. Peruzzi said that might be but there was no such law in Italy– She told him things, he said, that made him blush—for instance—She said “Stufa used to be with me very late at night”—Peruzzi made no observation—Ouida continued—“& he came very early in the morng.” Still P. was silent—she said—“Don’t you understand me.” P. answered “Je comprends Madame”– “Then of course he must marry me” she continued– After dinner we sat & talked till past 8 (we had dined at 6) & then Henry & I took leave of our friends to return to Venice. Css Marcello, Peruzzi & Pino Marcello accompanied us to the train– Peruzzi was to leave for Florence by a later train. We were detained an hour at Mestre by the crowds returning from the Mestre fair & the officials attempted to fill our carriage with 3rd class people wh Henry succeeded in preventing. They put 14 in the compartment Hill was in & we had to get her out & take her with us. We arrived at Venice 1 hour 10 late. Giovanni met us. We got some tea & went to bed. | |
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