| 1 | He was sitting outside his little house, smoking a pipe and enjoying the mild air. | |
| 2 | Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind. | |
| 3 | Whereas nothing had daunted him before, he was now mindful of his comfort: on windy, rainy days he did not go out: if he felt any aches or pains he would rest for a few days. | |
| 4 | Then he began to descend, or rather to slide down by the two stanchions, which he did with an ease which proved how accustomed he was to the exercise. | |
| 5 | No; he merely came and freed me from the hands of Signor Vampa, where, I can assure you, in spite of all my outward appearance of ease and unconcern, I did not very particularly care to remain. |