Then there was a fight between our oxen-drivers, one of them attempting to stab the other with a knife, and Robert rushing in between till Peni and I were nearly frantic with fright.

No harm happened, however, except that Robert had his trousers torn.

And we escaped afterwards certain banditti, who stopped a carriage only the day before on the very road we travelled, and robbed it of sixty-two scudi.
Here at Rome we are still fortunate, for with enormous prices rankling around us we get into our old quarters at eleven pounds a month.

The rooms are smaller than our ambition would fain climb to (one climbs, also, a little too high on the stairs), but on the whole the quiet healthfulness and sunshine are excellent things, particularly in Rome, and we are perfectly contented....
Rome is so full that I am proceeding to lock up my doors throughout the day.

I can't live without some use of life.