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"Lazy dog! Can't he drive faster-keeping us grilling here in the heat! I should like to have the use of his whip for a few minutes and try its effect upon his shoulders! " Such was the impatient exclamation of Horace Cleveland, as for the third time he thrust his head out of the carriage window.
"I wish that we had never come to Calabria at all! " sighed his mother. Horace was resuming his lounging position in the carriage, after hurling a few Italian words of abuse at the driver, as she added, "It was a nonsensical whim of yours, Horace, to bring us into this wild land, when we might have remained in comfort at Naples, with every convenience around us, such as my weak health so much requires."