Onmyaskingifhethoughthecouldbearthesevereruleofhisorder，especiallythatofrisingaboutfouro’clockinthemorningandretiringearlyintheevening，heansweredthatformerlyhefearedthathecouldnot，butthatnowhebelievedhecould。OnmytentativesuggestionthathecomeandestablishaBenedictineconventonCayugaLake，hetoldmethatheshouldprobablybesenttoScotland。
Therenownedoldmonasteryseemstobemindfulofitsbesttraditions，forithasestablishedwithinitswallsanadmirablyequippedprinting—house，inwhichIwasabletosecureforCornellUniversitycopiesofvariousbooksbylearnedBenedictines——someofthem，bythebeautyoftheirworkmanship，wellworthytobeplacedbesidetheilluminatedmanuscriptswhichformerlycamefromtheScriptoria。
AtRomeIwastakenaboutbyLanciani，theeminentarchaeologistincontroloftheexcavations，whoshowedmebeautifulthingsnewlydiscoveredandnowkeptintemporaryroomsneartheCapitol。Tomysurprise，hetoldmethatthereisabsolutelynoauthenticbustofCicerodatingfromhistime;butthiswasafterwarddeniedbyStory，theAmericansculptor，whopointedouttomeacastofoneinhisstudio。StoryspokegloomilyoftheconditionofItaly，sayingthatformerlytherewerenotaxes，butthatnowthetaxesarecrushing。HeaddedthatthegreatestmistakemadebythepresentPopewasthat，duringthecholeraatNaples，heremainedinRome，whileKingHumbertwentimmediatelytothatcity，visitedthehospitals，cheeredthecholera—stricken，comfortedthem，andsuppliedtheirwants。
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Peter’s。HehadbeenanEnglishguardsman，wasmagnificentlydressed，andwastheveryidealofaproudprelate。Theaudienceintheimmediateneighborhoodofthealtarwerenonetooreverential，andinotherpartsofthechurchwerewalkingaboutandtalkingasifinamarket;allofthisirreverenceremindingmeofthehighmasswhichIhadseencelebratedbyPopePiusIX