Lucy is traveling in Italy, chaperoned by her cousin, strict and clumsy Charlotte Bartlett. It will cross two young people having adventures that will prepare, once back in England, growing up and assert his will in a society that is just beginning to turn. All this under the watchful eye of Pastor Mr Beebe.
Once grasped the subtleties of social codes of the time, one can easily read what age story told by a narrator ironic but full of tenderness for his characters. A good fun time.
