AUTHOR OF "THE SCARLET LETTER," ETC. ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. III. SECOND EDITION. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL. M.DCCC.LX. THE ROMANCE OF MONTE BENI. CHAPTER I. MARKET-DAY IN PERUGIA. PERUGIA, on its lofty hill-top, was reached by the two travellers before the sun had quite kissed away the early freshness of the morning. Since midnight, there had been a heavy rain, bringing infinite refreshment to the scene of verdure and fertility amid which this ancient civilization stands; insomuch that Kenyon loitered when they came to the gray city-wall, and was loth to give up the prospect of the sunny wilderness that lay below. It was as green as VOL. III. 38 |