We had several times occasion to observe a softness and elegance which contrasted strongly with the severe austereness of their neighbours on the other side of the Alps.

It was with pleasure I observed, at a small inn on the lake of Como, the master of it playing upon his harpsichord, with a large collection of Italian music about him.

The outside of the instrument was such that it would not much have graced an English drawing-room; but the tones that he drew from it were by no means contemptible.
But it is time to talk about England.

When you write to my brothers, I must beg of you to give my love, and tell them I am sorry it has not been in my power to write to them.

Kit will be surprised he has not heard from me, as we were almost upon terms of regular correspondence.