[Penini] sends his love with Robert's.
[He ri]des his pony and learns his Latin and looks as pretty as ever--to my way of [thinking].

If you don't write directly, address to Florence.
We have another thick Indian letter for you, but Robert is afraid of sending it till you give us a safe address.
* * * * * _To Miss I.Blagden_ [Rome: about May 1860.] [_The beginning of this letter is wanting_] When the English were raging about Savoy, I heard a word or two from Pantaleone which convinced me that the Imperial wickedness did not strike him as the sin against the Holy Ghost precisely.

In fact, I doubt much that he (an intimate friend of Massimo d' Azeglio) knew all about it before the war.
By the by, why does Azeglio write against Rome being the capital just now?
It seems to us all very ill-advised.

Italy may hereafter select the capital she pleases, but now her game ought to be to get Rome, as an indispensable part of the play, as soon as possible.

There are great difficulties in the way--that's very sure.