"... We met frequently that year, as Pound was traveling to and fro between Rome and Rapallo. I have a vivid memory of what proved to be his last departure. I went along with him to the station. We found the barrier already closed, and the train beginning to move off. Pound lost no time in farewells. Taking a firm grip on the handle of his typewriter with his left hand, he took a flying leap over the barrier and jumped onto the moving train with all the ability of an American cow-boy who vaults onto the back of a fleeing horse. ..." --Enrico Pea (from the foreword to Pound's translation of his novel MOSCARDINO)