Ban goc (Tiếng Anh)

Transcribed from the 1864 Chapman and Hall “Tales of All Countries” edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org MRS. GENERAL TALBOYS. Why Mrs. General Talboys first made up her mind to pass the winter of 1859 at Rome I never clearly understood.  To myself she explained her purposes, soon after her arrival at the Eternal City, by declaring, in her own enthusiastic manner, that she was inspired by a burning desire to drink fresh at the still living fountains of classical poetry and se