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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