CHAPTER XV.

Siege of Rome.--Margaret's care of the sick and wounded.--Anxiety about her husband and child.--Battle between the French and Italian troops.--The Surrender.--Garibaldi's departure.--Margaret joins her husband at his post.--Angelo's illness.--Letters from friends in America.--Perugia.--Winter in Florence.--Margaret's domestic life.--Aspect of her future.--Her courage and industry.--Ossoli's affection for her.--William Henry Hurlbut's reminiscences of them both.--Last days in Florence.--Farewell visit to the Duomo.--Margaret's evenings at home.--Horace Sumner.--Margaret as a friend of the people 245