IV. LA PICCOLA VEDETTA LOMBARDA.

[Note IV.1: =Solferino e San Martino=, villages of Lombardy,

in northern part of Italy. The battle in question occurred on June 24.]

[Note IV.2: =Saluzzo=, town of Piedmont, in northwestern part of

Italy.--=andava=; note force of tense: _was moving_.]

[Note IV.3: =Bella cosa!= _That's a small matter!_]

[Note IV.4: =Saran=, _They must be_. Future used to express

probability.]

[Note IV.5: =L'hanno proprio con me!= _They are really after

me!_]

[Note IV.6: =dubiti, vuole=, third person instead of second in

addressing a superior; also the usual form in polite conversation.]

[Note IV.7: =ad un punto=, _at the same time_.]

[Note IV.8: =pigliare=, with passive sense, _to be taken

away_.]

[Note IV.9: =stato percorso=, _that had been passed over_.]

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