CHAPTER XIII.

Period of agitation in Rome.--Margaret's zeal for Italian Freedom.--Her return to Rome.--Review of the Civic Guard.--Church Fasts and Feasts.--Pope Pius.--The Rainy Season.--Promise of Representative Government in Rome.--Celebration of this event.--Mazzini's Letter to the Pope.--Beauty of the Spring.--Italy in Revolution.--Popular excitements in Rome.--Pope Pius deserts the Cause of Freedom.--Margaret leaves Rome for Aquila 219