The Vintage: A Romance of the Greek War of Independence
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Benson Edward Frederic. The Vintage: A Romance of the Greek War of Independence
Part I. THE VINEYARD
CHAPTER I. THE HOUSE OF THE ROAD TO NAUPLIA
CHAPTER II. THE COMING OF NICHOLAS VIDALIS
CHAPTER III. THE STORY OF A BRIGAND
CHAPTER IV. THE MIDNIGHT ORDEAL
CHAPTER V. MITSOS PICKS CHERRIES FOR MARIA
CHAPTER VI. THE SONG FROM THE DARKNESS
CHAPTER VII. THE PORT DUES OF CORINTH
CHAPTER VIII. THE MENDING OF THE MONASTERY ROOF
CHAPTER IX. THE SINGER FROM THE DARKNESS
Part II. THE EVE OF THE GATHERING
CHAPTER I. MITSOS MEETS HIS COUSINS
CHAPTER II. MITSOS AND YANNI FIND A HORSE
CHAPTER III. MITSOS HAS THE HYSTERICS
CHAPTER IV. YANNI PAYS A VISIT TO THE TURK
CHAPTER V. THE VISION AT BASSAE
CHAPTER VI. THREE LITTLE MEN FALL OFF THEIR HORSES
CHAPTER VII. MITSOS DISARRANGES A HOUSE-ROOF
CHAPTER VIII. THE MESSAGE OF FIRE
Part III. THE TREADING OF THE GRAPES
CHAPTER I. TE DEUM LAUDAMUS
CHAPTER II. TWO SILVER CANDLESTICKS
CHAPTER III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE FIRE-SHIP
CHAPTER IV. THE TRAINING OF THE TROOPS
CHAPTER V. THE HORNETS' NEST AT VALTETZI
CHAPTER VI. THE ENTRY OF GERMANOS
CHAPTER VII. THE RULE OF THE SENATE
CHAPTER VIII. THE SONG FROM TRIPOLI
CHAPTER IX. PRIVATE NICHOLAS VIDALIS
CHAPTER X. THE FALL OF TRIPOLI
CHAPTER XI. FATHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER XII. THE SEARCH FOR SULEIMA
CHAPTER XIII. NICHOLAS GOES HOME
CHAPTER XIV. THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD TO NAUPLIA
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Nauplia, huddled together on the edge of its glittering bay, and grilled beneath the hot stress of the midsummer noon, stood silent as a city of the dead. Down the middle of the main street, leading up from the quay to the square, lay a scorching ribbon of sunshine, and the narrow strips of shadow, sharp cut and blue, spoke of the South.
Along one side of the square ran the barracks of the Turkish garrison of occupation, two-storied buildings of brown stone, solid but airless, and faced with a line of arcade. These contained the three companies of men who were stationed in the town itself, less fortunate in this oven of heat than the main part of the garrison who held the airier fortress of Palamede behind, overlooking the plain from a height of five hundred feet. Down the west side stood the quarters of the officers, and opposite, the prison, full as usual to overflowing of the native Greeks, cast there for default of payment to the Turkish usurers of an interest of forty or fifty per cent. on some small loan; for these new Turkish laws of 1820 with regard to debt had made the prisons more populous than ever. A row of shops and a couple of cafés along the north struck a more domestic note.
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"Nicholas will advise you to hold your tongues, too. He will certainly tell you that, and it may be he will tell you something besides. I will be going home. Good-night, friends."
And now, when Father Andréa was cursing the Turks in the name of God, though Constantine crossed himself at that name, he watched him with the same smile. Then he said:
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