CHAPTER XXXII.

THE OLD FORCES AND THE NEW IN THE ETERNAL CITY.

An Audience with the Pope.--"Long Live the Pope-King!" The Pope's Last Jubilee in St. Peter's.--Our Quarters on the Pincian Hill.--The Sweep of History Seen from the Janiculum.--The Colosseum and the Baths of Caracalla.--The Papal Passion for Terrestrial Immortality.--The Building Boom Under the New Government.--Can the New Government Maintain Itself Against the Priests? 315