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fewer questionable women in Restaurants or the street than in Paris. In fact they seem almost absent. The Italians of to day look more [[red underline]] like the average people one sees in Buenos Aires.
March 21. Went to [[red underline]] dentist. [[/red underline]] Then to Spanish Consul to have my passport visaed for Spain In getting out of carriage my foot slipped and I fell on the sidewalk on my right side. First thought my arm was broken. Strong pain in my right side. Is it muscle or is it broken rib? Difficulty in breathing. [[strikethrough]] Weather is [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Spanish Consul very polite [[/red underline]] and talks excellent English. Weather cold and gray. Went walking all afternoon but pain and tiredness drove
[[vertical annotation in left margin]] Bakelite is sold in Genoa as "Resan" or as "Solex". Cigarette holders from 15 cents to 25 cents (Am) [[/left margin]]
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me to bed early and exhausted
[[red underline]] Decided pain in lying [[/red underline]] down or coughing.
March 22. Side feels better. So probably it is [[red underline]] no broken rib [[/red underline]] Took electric car to Nervi Seems rather dead place. No sail boats. Walked all afternoon then back. This morning again to dentist
March 23. Early to [[red underline]] dentist. [[/red underline]] He fills tooth with gutta percha His charges Lire 75 or about [[red underline]] $3.75 [[/red underline]] (!) and is the best known dentist in town. I note wages and fees are decidedly lower than in N.Y. [[strikethrough]] but cost of [[/strikethrough]] so is wine. Wine is almost the same price as before the war. But [[red underline]] food [[/red underline]] is restaurants is almost as high or higher than in New York. Yet