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The Conquest of Rome
THE CONQUEST OF ROME
By
MATILDE SERAO
AUTHOR OF
"THE LAND OF COCKAYNE"
"THE BALLET DANCER" ETC.
HARPER & BROTHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
PUBLISHERS . . 1902
Published October, 1902
CONTENTS
| PART I | |
| Chapter | Page |
| I | 1 |
| II | 16 |
| III | 31 |
| IV | 50 |
| V | 69 |
| PART II | |
| I | 92 |
| II | 117 |
| III | 139 |
| IV | 156 |
| V | 182 |
| PART III | |
| I | 196 |
| II | 215 |
| III | 245 |
| IV | 258 |
| V | 266 |
| VI | 294 |
| VII | 308 |
| ADVERTISEMENTS | |
PART I
CHAPTER I
The train stopped.
'Capua! Capua!' three or four voices cried monotonously into the night.
A clanking of swords dragged on the ground was heard, and some livelymuttering that passed between a Lombard and a Piedmontese. It came froma group of subaltern officers, who were ending their evening's amusementin coming to see the night train from Naples to Rome pass through. Whilethe conductor chatted respectfully with the station-master, who gave hima commission for Caianello, and while the postman handed up a mail-sackfull of letters to the clerk in the postal van, the officers, talking toeach other and making their spurs ring (from habit), looked to see ifanyone got in or out of the train, peeping through the doors which wereopen for the sight of a fair feminine face or that of a friend. But manyof the doors were closed. Blue blinds