CHAPTER VIII

IN SABINA

Castel Gandolfo—Its gardens—The Sabine Hills—The Reverendo—An expedition into the hills—The Campagna in the early morning—“Our Lady of Good Counsel”—Ancient Præneste—Italy’s landscape—Struggles of the Colonna—Destruction of Palestrina—Boniface’s revenge and expiation—Olevano, the haunt of artists—“Picturesque utility”—The wrong train—Romance of a pebble—The work of the Saints pp. 137-158