X. VENI, VIDI... NON VICI!

 

(I CAME, SAW, BUT DID NOT CONQUER.)

 

[1]Ci si provò anche lei, eh, You also attempted it, did you?

 

[2]a cui pareva... pastoie, who was impatient to get married so as to be more independent.

 

[3]darsi bel tempo, enjoy himself.

 

[4]nato che fu, after the birth of.

 

[5]Monte Carlo, famous bathing and gambling resort on the Mediterranean coast between France and Italy, belonging to the principality of Monaco.

 

[6]si prendeva gran spasso, amused herself greatly.

 

[7]a mezz'aria, half knowingly.

 

[8]gli fa strada, shows him.

 

[9]gli fece festa, received him most cordially.

 

[10]mare magnum, open sea.