The Last Gondola

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Genres: Fiction
It had everything a trattoria should have. A roaring fire, simple, delicious food, an acceptable house wine, good company, and a family that did all the cooking and serving. There was even a group of men in a corner playing cards amicably.
As if by a common agreement, no one brought up Possle and the Ca’ Pozza. Urbino appreciated this brief respite from something that he had been living and sleeping with for many weeks now. Whenever it intruded on his thoughts in the course of the evening, as it inevitably did, especially since his next visit to the Ca’ Pozza was tomorrow, he pushed it away.
Rebecca shared her impressions of the newly restored Giotto frescoes at the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. The Contessa discussed the music program she was putting together for the Contessa’s last conversazione. Both Rebecca and Urbino would be attending, he having received her carte blanche to be there on this occasion.
For his part, Urbino, who had called Habib the previous evening after returning f
...rom Harry’s Bar, told them about the young man’s recent activities in Morocco.MoreLess
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