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adversary; simply from being well´informed on the subject and 

honest。  He is as true as steel�察�and for no one will he bend right 

or left。 。 。 。 。  Do not fancy him a Bobadil��' she adds�察�'he is 

only a very true�察�candid boy。  I am so glad he remains in all 

respects but information a great child。'



If this letter is correctly dated�察�the cause was already lost and 

the King had already abdicated when these lines were written。  No 

sooner did the news reach Genoa�察�than there began 'tumultuous 

movements'�察�and the Jenkins' received hints it would be wise to 

leave the city。  But they had friends and interests�察�even the 

captain had English officers to keep him company�察�for Lord 

Hardwicke's ship�察�the VENGEANCE�察�lay in port�察�and supposing the 

danger to be real�察�I cannot but suspect the whole family of a 

divided purpose�察�prudence being possibly weaker than curiosity。  

Stay�察�at least�察�they did�察�and thus rounded their experience of the 

revolutionary year。  On Sunday�察�April 1�察�Fleeming and the captain 

went for a ramble beyond the walls�察�leaving Aunt Anna and Mrs。 

Jenkin to walk on the bastions with some friends。  On the way back�察�

this party turned aside to rest in the Church of the Madonna delle 

Grazie。  'We had remarked��' writes Mrs。 Jenkin�察�'the entire absence 

of sentinels on the ramparts�察�and how the cannons were left in 

solitary state�察�and I had just remarked ;How quiet everything is� ─�

when suddenly we heard the drums begin to beat and distant shouts。  

ACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE to revolutions�察�we never thought of being 

frightened。'  For all that�察�they resumed their return home。  On the 

way they saw men running and vociferating�察�but nothing to indicate 

a general disturbance�察�until�察�near the Duke's palace�察�they came 

upon and passed a shouting mob dragging along with it three cannon。  

It had scarcely passed before they heard 'a rushing sound'�察�one of 

the gentlemen thrust back the party of ladies under a shed�察�and the 

mob passed again。  A fine´looking young man was in their hands�察�and 

Mrs。 Jenkin saw him with his mouth open as if he sought to speak�察�

saw him tossed from one to another like a ball�察�and then saw him no 

more。  'He was dead a few instants after�察�but the crowd hid that 

terror from us。  My knees shook under me and my sight left me。'  

With this street tragedy�察�the curtain rose upon their second 

revolution。



The attack on Spirito Santo�察�and the capitulation and departure of 

the troops speedily followed。  Genoa was in the hands of the 

Republicans�察�and now came a time when the English residents were in 

a position to pay some return for hospitality received。  Nor were 

they backward。  Our Consul ��the same who had the benefit of 

correction from Fleeming�� carried the Intendente on board the 

VENGEANCE�察�escorting him through the streets�察�getting along with 

him on board a shore boat�察�and when the insurgents levelled their 

muskets�察�standing up and naming himself�察�'CONSOLE INGLESE。'  A 

friend of the Jenkins'�察�Captain Glynne�察�had a more painful�察�if a 

less dramatic part。  One Colonel Nosozzo had been killed ��I read�� 

while trying to prevent his own artillery from firing on the mob�察�

but in that hell's cauldron of a distracted city�察�there were no 

distinctions made�察�and the Colonel's widow was hunted for her life。  

In her grief and peril�察�the Glynnes received and hid her�察�Captain 

Glynne sought and found her husband's body among the slain�察�saved 

it for two days�察�brought the widow a lock of the dead man's hair�察�

but at last�察�the mob still strictly searching�察�seems to have 

abandoned the body�察�and conveyed his guest on board the VENGEANCE。  

The Jenkins also had their refugees�察�the family of an EMPLOYE 

threatened by a decree。  'You should have seen me making a Union 

Jack to nail over our door��' writes Mrs。 Jenkin。  'I never worked 

so fast in my life。  Monday and Tuesday��' she continues�察�'were 

tolerably quiet�察�our hearts beating fast in the hope of La 

Marmora's approach�察�the streets barricaded�察�and none but foreigners 

and women allowed to leave the city。'  On Wednesday�察�La Marmora 

came indeed�察�but in the ugly form of a bombardment�察�and that 

evening the Jenkins sat without lights about their drawing´room 

window�察�'watching the huge red flashes of the cannon' from the 

Brigato and La Specula forts�察�and hearkening�察�not without some 

awful pleasure�察�to the thunder of the cannonade。



Lord Hardwicke intervened between the rebels and La Marmora�察�and 

there followed a troubled armistice�察�filled with the voice of 

panic。  Now the VENGEANCE was known to be cleared for action�察�now 

it was rumoured that the galley slaves were to be let loose upon 

the town�察�and now that the troops would enter it by storm。  Crowds�察�

trusting in the Union Jack over the Jenkins' door�察�came to beg them 

to receive their linen and other valuables�察�nor could their 

instances be refused�察�and in the midst of all this bustle and 

alarm�察�piles of goods must be examined and long inventories made。  

At last the captain decided things had gone too far。  He himself 

apparently remained to watch over the linen�察�but at five o'clock on 

the Sunday morning�察�Aunt Anna�察�Fleeming�察�and his mother were rowed 

in a pour of rain on board an English merchantman�察�to suffer 'nine 

mortal hours of agonising suspense。'  With the end of that time�察�

peace was restored。  On Tuesday morning officers with white flags 

appeared on the bastions�察�then�察�regiment by regiment�察�the troops 

marched in�察�two hundred men sleeping on the ground floor of the 

Jenkins' house�察�thirty thousand in all entering the city�察�but 

without disturbance�察�old La Marmora being a commander of a Roman 

sternness。



With the return of quiet�察�and the reopening of the universities�察�we 

behold a new character�察�Signor Flaminio�此 �the professors�察�it 

appears�察�made no attempt upon the Jenkin�察�and thus readily 

italianised the Fleeming。  He came well recommended�察�for their 

friend Ruffini was then�察�or soon after�察�raised to be the head of 

the University�察�and the professors were very kind and attentive�察�

possibly to Ruffini's PROTEGE�察�perhaps also to the first Protestant 

student。  It was no joke for Signor Flaminio at first�察�certificates 

had to be got from Paris and from Rector Williams�察�the classics 

must be furbished up at home that he might follow Latin lectures�察�

examinations bristled in the path�察�the entrance examination with 

Latin and English essay�察�and oral trials ��much softened for the 

foreigner�� in Horace�察�Tacitus�察�and Cicero�察�and the first University 

examination only three months later�察�in Italian eloquence�察�no less�察�

and other wider subjects。  On one point the first Protestant 

student was moved to thank his stars�此 �that there was no Greek 

required for the degree。  Little did he think�察�as he set down his 

gratitude�察�how much�察�in later life and among cribs and 

dictionaries�察�he was to lament this circumstance�察�nor how much of 

that later life he was to spend acquiring�察�with infinite toil�察�a 

shadow of what he might then have got with ease and fully。  But if 

his Genoese education was in this particular imperfect�察�he was 

fortunate in the branches that more immediately touched on his 

career。  The physical laboratory was the best mounted in Italy。  

Bancalari�察�the professor of natural philosophy�察�was famous in his 

day�察�by what seems even an odd coincidence�察�he went deeply into 

electromagnetism�察�and it was principally in that subject that 

Signor Flaminio�察�questioned in Latin and answering in Italian�察�

passed his Master of Arts degree with first´class honours。  That he 

had secured the notice of his teachers�察�one circumstance 

sufficiently proves。  A philosophical society was started under the 

presidency of Mamiani�察�'one of the examiners and one of the leaders 

of the Moderate party'�察�and out of five promising students brought 

forward by the professors to attend the sittings and present 

essays�察�Signor Flaminio was one。  I cannot find that he ever read 

an essay�察�and indeed I think his hands were otherwise too full。  He 

found his fellow´students 'not such a bad set of chaps��' and 

preferred the Piedmontese before the Genoese�察�but I suspect he 

mixed not very freely with either。  Not only were his days filled 

with university work�察�but his spare hours were fully dedicated to 

the arts under the eye of a beloved task´mistress。  He worked hard 

and well in the art school�察�where he obtained a silver medal 'for a 

couple of legs the size of life drawn from one of Raphael's 

cartoons。'  His holidays were spent in sketching�察�his evenings�察�

when they were free�察�at the theatre。  Here at the opera he 

discovered besides a taste for a new art�察�the art of music�察�and it 

was�察�he wrote�察�'as if he had found out a heaven on earth。'  'I am 

so anxious that whatever he professes to know�察�he should really 

perfectly possess��' his mother wrote�察�'that I spare no pains'�察�

neither to him nor to myself�察�she might have added。  And so when he 

begged to be allowed to learn the piano�察�she started him with 

characteristic barbarity on the scales�察�and heard in consequence 

'heart´rending groans' and saw 'anguished claspings of hands' as he 

lost his way among their arid intricacies。



In this picture of the lad at the piano�察�there is something�察�for 

the period�察�girlish。  He was indeed his mother's boy�察�and it was 

fortunate his mother was not altogether feminine。  She gave her son 

a womanly delicacy in morals�察�to a man's taste ´ to his own taste 

in later life ´ too finely spun�察�and perhaps more elegant than 

healthful。  She encouraged him besides in drawing´room interests。  

But in other points her influence was manlike。  Filled with the 

spirit of thoroughness�察�she taught him to make of the least of 

these accomplishments a virile task�察�and the teaching lasted him 

through life。  Immersed as she was in the day's movements and 

buzzed about by leading Liberals�察�she h

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