CHAPTER XIV.

Margaret's marriage.--Character of the Marchese Ossoli.--Margaret's first meeting with him.--Reasons for not divulging the marriage.--Aquila.--Rieti.--Birth of Angelo Eugene Ossoli.--Margaret's return to Rome.--Her anxiety about her child.--Flight of Pope Pius.--The Constitutional Assembly.--The Roman Republic.--Attitude of France.--The Siege of Rome.--Mazzini.--Princess Belgiojoso.--Margaret's care of the Hospitals 232