sque, but
certainly not pleasant; and yet, as Jones remarked, they say this
country has not free institutions.

[VERONA.]

THE AMPHITHEATRE, VERONA.

Jones asks Robinson, whether he "Sees before him the gladiator die?" but
Robinson maintains a dignified silence.

Austrian detective stops Brown to examine his sketching stool. It
puzzles him. There is an air of mystery about it. It might possibly be a
weapon to be used for political purposes, or an infernal machine! Who
knows? On the whole, he thinks he had better detain it.

SCENE--DISCOVERS BROWN SKETCHING.

Enter the Austrian army. They advance upon him, they think he is taking
the fortifications.

Robinson, who is much given to quotation, is, at the very moment,
languidly reciting the lines:--

"Am I in Italy? Is this the Mincius?
And those the distant turrets of Verona?
And shall I sup where Juliet at the masque
Saw her loved Montague?" --etc., etc.

Not being familiar with the German, or the Croatian language, Brown is
helpless. He protests his innocence, but the military don't understand
him. They see treason in his hat, which is of an illegal shape, and they
arrest him.

Jones and Robinson appear, to the surprise of the military, and relief
of Brown.

Brown, quite resigned, walks quietly to meet his fate. Jones plunges
violently, but is finally overcome. Robinson resists passively, and is
accordingly dragged along.

SKETCHES FOUND UPON BROWN.

They are brought before the Governor. That is he seated at the table,
the soldiers showing him the libellous representations of the Croats
found in Brown's portfolio. The latter expects to be ordered for instant
execution; but Jones assumes an air of great dignity, and says, "_Civis
Romanus sum_."

The Governor, Field-Marshal Lieutenant Count Brown, of the Imperial
service, discovers in his prisoner a near relation of his own; and our
friend is instantly locked in the embrace of that distinguished warrior.
Jones remarked "All's well that ends well;" and Robinson, greatly
relieved, broke out with:--

"Thus may each" nephew "whom chance directs,
Find an" uncle "when he least expects."

[VENICE.]

EXAMINATION OF PASSPORTS.

HOTEL.

MODERN VENETIAN TROUBADOURS.

An evening scene before the Cafe Florian, Piazza San Marco.

Brown at this period undertook, at the urgent request of Jones and
Robinson, to settle the accounts of the party, which had be