Rollo in Rome

rival

and other such structures, now gone to decay. There was an ancient road leading out of Rome in this direction, called the Appian Way. It was by this road that the apostle Paul travelled, in making his celebrated journey to Rome, after appealing from the Jew

n exceedingly hard kind of stone. These stones were of various shapes, but they were fitted together and flattened on the top, and thus they made a

way, leading through an ancient and very venerable wall, and then stopped at the door of

opping for here

ts, I suppose,"

orge gave him his and Rollo's, and the conductor carried them, together with those which he had

our passports ag

o the police office, I s

the passports of travellers, on their arrival at the gates of the city, and

ng into the heart of the city. There was nothing in these streets to denote the ancient grandeur of

a procession of people dressed in a most fantastic manner, and wearing masks which entirely concealed their faces. There were two round holes in the masks for the e

just as if they were

said Mr. George, "in

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perfectly resplendent with crimson and gold. The horses, too, and the coachman

George. Mr. George said it

in it," said Rollo. "I wo

oked very much like any oth

ve been dressed diffe

o," said M

at on," said Rollo. "I should like t

al's office is a hat an

en commenced. The passengers got out, the horses were unharnessed, and the baggage was taken down. The trunks were all taken into an off

the place, and patting with his hand upon the top of the clothes, as if t

ery well; it

Passed." He then touched his hat, and asked Mr. George if he would m

in such cases. They have various articles in their trunks which they have bought in other countries, and which, strictly speaking, are subject to duty in entering Rome, and they are willing t

e, and if you find any duties due, I will

rriage to take us and the baggage to the hotel. You may go and see if you can find on

soon found a carriage. Before he g

r h

ns, By t

watch to the coachman, in order t

e," said th

is the Italia

Following his indications, the coachman drove in through the archway to the court of the post office, where he foun

," said Mr. Georg

coachman, and immediatel

ge had concluded to go. He had found the name a

o take the carriage by

in that case we shall have to go to other hotels, and unless we take him by the hour, he would charge

Hotel d'Amerique was full. The waiter, who came out, as soon as he

other principal hotel that is near here, and if that is full, to anoth

n French. The waiter delivered the

t I shall take good care that you don't find any place

rs should find a hotel soon was, of course, because he wis

of the gates of the city, the one where the principal entrance is for all travellers coming from the north. It is called the "Gate of the People,"-or in It

directly through the heart of the town. Between the centre and the two side streets, at the corners where they com

se of gardens upon the top, and zigzag roads, handsomely walled up, and ornamented with statues and fountai

ebration of fireworks from the side of this hill and from the terrace abo

inquiring at the bureau, (on the continent of Europe they call an office a bureau) Mr. George found that all th

re were no rooms at all vacant, and at the next o

Rollo, "we will come back and take

said Mr

cloaks into two long rolls, and wedging them in under me, one on one side of me and the other on the oth

into the carriage again,

ed place among narrow streets, though there was an open space in front of it.

beds in it?" as

t we can put two beds in. Would

take it without going to see it

reach it, they had to ascend several stories, up massive staircases of stone, and then to go out to the extreme end of a long corridor. The room, when they came to it, proved to be quite