Asking for more money. Rom eis more expensive than people think. He is carving the bust, warm work in the summer. The figure [of Hebe] won't be ready for six months. He has bought works by
Thorvaldsen,
Winckelmann,
John Flaxman and
Riepenhausen. The election in England will upsect the Romans, so much do they depend on the visitors for livelihoods. Revolutions is expected in Italy should
Don Carlos is beaten. There is continual talk of revolt. He intends to send his mother a trattoria bill of fare, for insterest. He is learning Italian at classes taught in the mausoleum of Augustus.