Monday 2nd April 1883

[jamesfraserwest]

A long day in a Ry. [railway] Carriage entirely in company of Italians. It was fine on starting from H Minerva where we have been very comfortable and Rome looked brighter and cleaner than ever so that we left it with great regret. Spent half an hour again visiting St. Maria del Angeli wh. is constructed out of the baths of Diocletian. Some of the

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[elena_c]

Lol, he sounds astonished to meet Italians in Italy.

[strange_complex]

And just slightly snotty about it, too - like maybe the day wouldn't have seemed quite so long if their fellow-travellers had been English!