[Note XI.1: =o che.= These words introduce the question;
compare II., note 10.]
[Note XI.2: =Ma il diavolo... coda=, _But the Old Nick has
taken a hand in the matter_.]
[Note XI.3: =da quell'=, _like the_.]
[Note XI.4: =Corpo... Maccabei!= _Zounds!_ The _Maccabei_
were seven brothers who, with their mother, are said to have suffered
martyrdom under Antiochus Epiphanes, King of Syria, in 168 B.C.]
[Note XI.5: =Sarà più in là=, _It must be farther on_.]
[Note XI.6: =casa cantoniera=, _flagman's house_.]
[Note XI.7: =due occhi di fuoco=, refers to the locomotive
with two headlights.]