L'Arrabiata and Other Tales
By Paul Heyse
- Release Date: 1914-01-01
- Genre: Short Stories
The day had scarcely dawned. --Over Vesuvius hung one broad grey stripe of mist; stretching across as far as Naples, and darkening all the small towns along the coast. The sea lay calm. But about the marina of the narrow creek, that lies beneath the Sorrento cliffs, fishermen and their wives were at work already, with giant cables drawing their boats to land, and the nets that had been cast the night before.