human
So long ago,
gpt
Yes, answered Pappina,
human
I was not speaking of Guiseppe, Pappina, but of my life so long ago, when I was maid to the Countess Filota. We took this same trip, but we rode in carriages. We did not come to this church. We stopped at the ruins of Pompeii.
gpt
Where are they, Marta?
human
There, _carina_. You can see them dimly in the distance, she said, pointing toward them,
gpt
Go on Marta, tell me about them.
human
You are such a child, _carina_. You wish to know about the ruins? Every one who visits Italy comes to Vesuvius and Pompeii--Vesuvius the mountain, and Pompeii the city that once waked and slept at the foot of the mountain. One day the sky grew dark, completely hidden by the volumes of smoke that rose like a huge pine tree from Vesuvius. The stones, lava and ashes entirely buried the city and the people, and now when men dig in the ruins they find--
gpt
I'm well, Marta! I'm well, Pappina! Praise the Santa Maria del Rosario! Come.