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12 June 1907 — Ca’ Capello, Venice | |
Wednesday. 12th June [1907]. Angela Reinelt was very excited over the beauty of Mr Pierpont Morgan’s yacht “Corsair” which is here & to please her I wrote to him to ask him to let us go to see it. He answered politely that he wd be glad to show it if we wd go there any day abt 2.30. On telephoning this message to Angela she answered that she could not go till Sunday! Feeling sure that Morgan will have left by then I decided to go by myself—very much bored as for myself I would preferred not to have asked– But I went & was received very politely by Mr Morgan. I had known his father well & also know Mrs Burns his sister. We sat & chatted on deck for a short time. He told me that he was closely watched by the Italian customs for fear he should buy & carry off any works of art & that when some ladies arrived from Milan to stay with him, they were not allowed to take their luggage on board—but had it carried back to the custom house for examination. This is a very discourteous act towards a man who 2 years ago bought a valuable church vestment for a large price in Italy. On the discovery that it had been stolen, Mr Morgan returned it to the King of Italy as a gift. I had not seen Mr Morgan before. He has a pleasant manner & would be good looking were it not that the end of his nose is covered with a great & unsightly excrescence. He showed me the vessel wh is remarkably elegant in lines but simply furnished in a quiet style. He has evidently guests staying with him. I saw the flutter of petticoats & he did not take me into the state saloon. I went home after this visit. At 4 went to the party given by Marchesa Sacripante for the baptism of the grandson the child of the Lovatellis. There I met all Venice society. At 6 I was fetched by Angela Reinelt & taken for a row to the public gardens. Sra Malagola dined with me & I took her afterwards to the Concert at the Sailor’s Institute wh was not a brilliant affair & few men & not musical. | |
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