CHAPTER XII 



'ELL-MAKING was not 

 our only earthwork pas- 

 time. We had scarcely- 

 got our garden into shape 

 and were ready to sit under 

 our own fig trees, to enjoy 

 their shade and fruit, and 

 it is so good at Venice, 

 when we were rudely wakened from our self- 



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