Lady of the Aroostook Chapter XXII

In which Lydia arrives at the hotel in Trieste and is warmly attended by an elderly Italian woman sent by her aunt, setting in motion a journey filled with cultural curiosities and genteel observations. Amidst the charming strangeness of her passage and a tender reunion with her aunt in Venice, Lydia is gently drawn into a world both foreign and familiar, where affection and society await.