VIII. LA DOTE D'ORSOLINA.

 

[1]stato civile. The stato civile, or "social state" of persons is their condition as regards the principal facts of existence: birth, marriage, death, etc., and involves the recording of these events in the public registers.

 

[2]Como, town north of Milan, near the Swiss frontier.[Page 107]

 

[3]un ambrosiano all'antica, a Milanese of the old school.

 

[4]va ronzando... figliuola, is hovering about your daughter; ronzare, to buzz, hum, then to rove, ramble.