Eothen
Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East
by A. W. Kinglake
CHAPTER I - OVER THE BORDER
AT Semlin I still was encompassed by the scenes and the sounds of familiar life; the din of a busy world still vexed and cheered me; the unveiled faces of women still shone in the light of day. Yet, whenever I chose to look southward, I saw the Ottoman's fortress - austere, and darkly impending high over the vale of the Danube - historic Belgrade. I had come, as it were, ...