{"product_id":"2940013415737","title":"IN THE WILDERNESS","description":"BOOK I--HERMES AND THE CHILD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmedeo Dorini, the hall porter of the Hotel Cavour in Milan, stood on\u003cbr\u003ethe pavement before the hotel one autumn afternoon in the year 1894,\u003cbr\u003ewaiting for the omnibus, which had gone to the station, and which was\u003cbr\u003enow due to return, bearing--Amedeo hoped--a load of generously inclined\u003cbr\u003etravelers. During the years of his not unpleasant servitude Amedeo had\u003cbr\u003ebecome a student of human nature. He had learnt to judge shrewdly and\u003cbr\u003esoundly, to sum up quickly, to deliver verdicts which were not unjust.\u003cbr\u003eAnd now, as he saw the omnibus, with its two fat brown horses, coming\u003cbr\u003eslowly along by the cab rank, and turning into the Piazza that is\u003cbr\u003epresided over by Cavour's statue, he prepared almost mechanically to\u003cbr\u003emeasure and weigh evidence, to criticize and come to a conclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe glanced first at the roof of the omnibus to take stock of the luggage\u003cbr\u003epile there. There was plenty of it, and a good deal of it was leather\u003cbr\u003eand reassuring. Amedeo had a horror of tin trunks--they usually gave\u003cbr\u003esuch small tips. Having examined the luggage he sent a searching glance\u003cbr\u003eto two rows of heads which were visible inside the vehicle. The brawny\u003cbr\u003eporters hurried out, the luggage chute was placed in position, the\u003cbr\u003eomnibus door was opened, and the first traveler stepped forth.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47082794975472,"sku":"2940013415737","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013415737_p0.jpg?v=1763580954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013415737","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}