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We landed amid a crowd of half-naked idlers, and were soon at a hotel, where we ordered the best breakfast the town would afford, and sat down once more to clean cloths and unrepulsive food.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker