. The spell of Italy. VII THE WINE OF ROME \E have laid siege to the walls of Rome,but they have not fallen. For us, alas,there is no Venti Settembre. We haveentered the gates and stormed the hills,every one of the seven; we have seen the Coli-seum by moonhght, and the Forum by daylight;we have been to the Vatican and the Capitol; wehave hung over Rome from the Janiculum and thePincian, but the citadel remains untaken; Rome hasnot yielded to us. Will it ever? Perhaps if you werehere you could explain even Rome. Paris andLondon are childs play to it. The above I read in a letter addressed by Fi
. The spell of Italy. VII THE WINE OF ROME \E have laid siege to the walls of Rome,but they have not fallen. For us, alas,there is no Venti Settembre. We haveentered the gates and stormed the hills,every one of the seven; we have seen the Coli-seum by moonhght, and the Forum by daylight;we have been to the Vatican and the Capitol; wehave hung over Rome from the Janiculum and thePincian, but the citadel remains untaken; Rome hasnot yielded to us. Will it ever? Perhaps if you werehere you could explain even Rome. Paris andLondon are childs play to it. The above I read in a letter addressed by Fiha toher Greek instructor, the correspondence, accordingto the articles of agreement, being open to my Aztalos had written from Paris and laterfrom St. Petersburg. I laid the letter down and took up again the firstvolume of Hares Walks in Rome. I began forthe third time an attack on Chapter V. We had been 92.
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