Valour and vanity5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Now, Jane and Vincent owe money to a number of people in town and are forbidden from travel. Jane and Vincent produce letters from their banking friend, but they are all forgeries, and worse, he has used their forged letters to clean out their funds in England. All is proceeding apace until a solicitor arrives at their house and charges them with illegal trespass. Relieved, the Vincents begin the work for which they have come to Italy. Fortunately, one of the gentlemen from the ship is a local banker and arranges for a line of credit and a place to live. ![]() It is their good fortune that they are not enslaved, but they lose everything to the pirates and arrive in Murano destitute. Jane and Vincent plan to separate from the party and travel to Murano to study with glassblowers there, but their ship is set upon by Barbary corsairs while en route. After Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the young couple on the their tour of the continent.
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