CHAPTER XVII.

My father's death--A turn in the omnibus--The Ferrari monument--I keep the "Sappho" for myself--The "Tired Bacchante" and the little model--Raphael and the Fornarina--The Madonna and bas-reliefs at Santa Croce and Cavaliere Sloane--My daughter Amalia and her works--My daughter Beppina--Description of the bas-relief on the façade of Santa Croce--I am taken for the wrong person by the Holy Father Pius IX.--Marshal Haynau--Professor Bezzuoli and Haynau's portrait, 322