Italian letters of a diplomat's wife, January-May 1880, February-April, 1904 . reparations. I went back to the house to get Bessie,and we went to tea with the Waldo Storys, in his has some beautiful things—two fountains in par-ticular are quite charming. We all dined out, Bessie and Josephine with CardinalMathieu, I at the American Embassy with the had a pleasant dinner—four or five small have Mrs. Fields apartment in the Brancaccio Pal-ace—entertain a great deal, and are much liked in Rome. We came home early, and I am finishing this letter to-night. It is very
Italian letters of a diplomat's wife, January-May 1880, February-April, 1904 . reparations. I went back to the house to get Bessie,and we went to tea with the Waldo Storys, in his has some beautiful things—two fountains in par-ticular are quite charming. We all dined out, Bessie and Josephine with CardinalMathieu, I at the American Embassy with the had a pleasant dinner—four or five small have Mrs. Fields apartment in the Brancaccio Pal-ace—entertain a great deal, and are much liked in Rome. We came home early, and I am finishing this letter to-night. It is very warm, the windows open, and the streetsounds very gay. To say that we have heard the Mar-seillaise these last days but faintly expresses how we havebeen pursued by the well-known air. Everybody singsor whistles it, all the street musicians, hand-organs, gui-tars, accordions, and brass bands play it all day and allnight; and we hear the music of a neighbouring barrackworking at it every morning. At this present momenta band of youths are howling it under the window. I. 5 I904] OF A DIPLOMATS WIFE 305 think they are getting ready to amuse themselves whenthe President arrives. It was most amusing in the streets this morning, flagsflying, draperies being put up everywhere, troops march-ing across the Piazza di Spagna, musique en tete, to ex-ercise a little on the review ground before the great day—quantities of people everywhere. They say all thehotels will be crowded to-morrow% and with French peo-ple, which rather surprises me, but they tell me there aredeputations from Avignon, Marseilles, and various othersouthern towns. They are beginning to arrange theSpanish Steps quite charmingly—a perfect carpet offlowers (if only it doesnt rain). Saturday, April 23d. It poured this morning, and all night I heard the rainbeating against the window every time I woke. Theclouds are breaking a little now, at three oclock, so per-haps it has rained itself out, and the President may
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