ABSTRACT

That day he must resist and not go to Montecitorio. 10 The rain had ceased, as if weary of a week’s downpour; a suggestion of 14dampness still floated in the atmosphere, the streets were muddy, the sky was all white with clouds. Pale-faced people encased in overcoats, with trousers turned up at the ankle and with countenances distrustful of the weather, were walking the thoroughfares.