[Note VIII.1: =stato civile=. The _stato civile_, or "social
state" of persons is their condition as regards the principal facts of
existence: birth, marriage, death, etc., and involves the recording of
these events in the public registers.]
[Note VIII.2: =Como=, town north of Milan, near the Swiss frontier.]
[Note VIII.3: =un ambrosiano all'antica=, _a Milanese of the
old school_.]
[Note VIII.4: =va ronzando... figliuola=, _is hovering about your
daughter_; _ronzare_, _to buzz_, _hum_, then _to rove_, _ramble_.]
[Note VIII.5: =Brera=, well-known picture gallery at Milan,
open to the public gratis on certain days.]