X. VENI, VIDI... NON VICI!

(I CAME, SAW, BUT DID NOT CONQUER.)

[Note X.1: =Ci si provò anche lei, eh=, _You also attempted

it, did you?_]

[Note X.2: =a cui pareva... pastoie=, _who was impatient to

get married so as to be more independent_.]

[Note X.3: =darsi bel tempo=, _enjoy himself_.]

[Note X.4: =nato che fu=, _after the birth of_.]

[Note X.5: =Monte Carlo=, famous bathing and gambling resort on the

Mediterranean coast between France and Italy, belonging to the

principality of Monaco.]

[Note X.6: =si prendeva gran spasso=, _amused herself

greatly_.]

[Note X.7: =a mezz'aria=, _half knowingly_.]

[Note X.8: =gli fa strada=, _shows him_.]

[Note X.9: =gli fece festa=, _received him most cordially_.]

[Note X.10: =mare magnum=, _open sea_.]

[Note X.11: =mi passò l'anima=, _was beyond endurance_.]

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