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Endless other quaint dialogues passed between mother and son on that tedious and harassing journey southwards.
"There'll be no more snow when we get to Italy," Brum explained. "Italy's the land of beauty -- always sunshine and blue sky. It's the country of the old Gods -- Venus, the goddess of beauty; Juno, with her peacocks; Jupiter, with his thunderbolts, and lots of others."