When David finally reached the shores of Italy, what impresses him the most? Chapter 1

David was impressed by the beauty of the landscape.

Far below him lay the sea, a sea bluer than any sky he had ever seen. The land curved in and out along its edge: in and out, up and down, all green and golden, with here and there the red of flowers too far ofl" to be clearly seen. Down by the sea a road ran along the foot of the mountain, and near it lay villages whose bright colours gleamed dazzlingly. There were trees with many changing tints of green, and over it all shone the warming sun - not white-hot and spiteful and scorching, as the sun had shone upon the camp in the summertime, but with a warm golden loveliness.

Beauty. David had once heard Johannes use the word. It must have been something like this he meant . , . perhaps that was why he had come back and gone with him to Salonica, so that he, David, coxild sail across the sea till he came to a place where things were beautiful.