The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 1

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Many readers will doubtless remember that the situation as here described is somewhat akin to that of the earlier part of M. George Ohnet's /Ironmaster/, which, in its form as a novel, I translated into English many years ago. However, all resemblance between /Rome/ and the /Ironmaster/ is confined to this one point. – Trans.

13

400,000 pounds.

14

1,800 pounds.

15

Bridge of St. Angelo.

16

The meadows around the Castle of St. Angelo. The district, now covered with buildings, is quite flat and was formerly greatly subject to floods. It is known as the Quartiere dei Prati. – Trans.

17

Otherwise the Inquisition.

18

1,200 pounds

19

880 pounds.

20

Cardinals York and Howard were Bishops of Frascati. – Trans.

21

About 36 pounds. One is reminded of Goldsmith's line: "And passing rich with forty pounds a year." – Trans.

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Since the occupation of Rome by the Italian authorities, the supporters of the Church, obedient to the prohibition of the Vatican, have abstained from taking part in the political elections, this being their protest against the new order of things which they do not recognise. Various attempts have been made, however, to induce the Pope to give them permission to vote, many members of the Roman aristocracy considering the present course impolitic and even harmful to the interests of the Church. – Trans.

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The allusion is to a statue representing St. Theresa in ecstasy, with the Angel of Death descending to transfix her with his dart. It stands in a transept of Sta. Maria della Vittoria. – Trans.