The Clemens party left Bellagio at 10 AM. They met G.K. Mayer and wife [MTNJ 2:  159n6] who helped them take the lake boat down to Lecco, Italy, where they boarded the  train.  They suffered another ten-hour trip and arrived at Venice at 7:30  PM. [Rodney 112; MTNJ 2: 194]. The family had looked  forward to Venice as a “relaxing interlude in their long  journey.” Livy’s itinerary called for a  three-week stay [Rodney  112].

Joe Twichell arrived home from England on Cunard’s S.S.  Bothnia. From his journal for the period July 17 to Sept. 25:

“M.T. treated me with the  utmost liberality and friendliness in every respect. I came back refreshed in  body mind and spirit and ready for work” [Yale, copy at MTP].