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Today in Letters: Giuseppe Cesare Abba: October 1, 1860
3 AM After one’s heart gives a jump comes a feeling of great sadness! A sound of galloping and up comes a Scout on a horse: Colonel Bassini! Colonel Cossovich! Then trumpets blow. How raucous is the note from the picket guard and how ill-omened! But the reveillé that trills forth like a mountain lark [...]
