Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: the " alien hordes," found themselves treated like princesses most illustrious during the golden days in which they sailed on toward Italy and the realization of the dream of a lifetime. chapter{Section 4 ROSES LISS was it in that dawn to be alive, Pilia, but to be young was very heaven I' " " Yes, mother." Filia murmured the respectful response drowsily, then, her eyes suddenly pierced by the morning light streaming through two tall casements instead of two small port-holes, she sat up in her bed in the corner and cried: " Are we at anchor? " " Filia, we are in Italy! This is not a ship; it is a palace, or was. Look at those frescoes overhead if you doubt it. There is no deck, but there is a balcony. Neither the ceiling nor the floor moves a particle. The floor is of brick, but there are, as at sea, two washing-stands and plenty of towels. The room is simply vast. There is an electric bell over your berth. Press the button, dear, and see what happens." What happened was that the door presently opened and a cheerful little maid with frizzy light hair and an irresistible smile entered with a silver tray coveredwith spotless linen. On the tray were pots of coffee and milk, pats of fresh butter and crusty rolls. " Buon giorno!" said the little maid, meeting a cordial buon giorno in return from Filia. This appeared to fill her with highest glee, for she dimpled and cuddled herself in ecstasy as she placed the tray before me, remarking: " Per la Signora." Then she darted back and returned with a second tray precisely like the first. " Per la Signorina," and deposited it with looks of flattering devotion on Filia's bed. We had arrived in Naples late in the day previous. When the various ceremonies connected with landing were over and we had been driv...