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.
