Margaret's residence at the Greeley mansion.--Appearance in New York society.--Visits to women imprisoned at Sing Sing and on Blackwell's Island.--Letters to her brothers.--"Woman in the Nineteenth Century."--Essay on American Literature.--View of contemporary Authors 140 CHAPTER X. Ocean voyage.--Arrival at Liverpool.--The Lake Country.--Wordsworth.--Miss Martineau.--Edinburgh.--De Quincey.--Mary, Queen of Scots.--Night on Ben Lomond.--James Martineau.--William J. Fox.--London.--Joanna Baillie.--Mazzini.--Thomas Carlyle.--Margaret's impressions of him.--His estimate of her 170 CHAPTER XI. Paris.--Margaret's reception there.--George Sand.--Chopin.--Rachel.--Lamennais.--Béranger.--Chamber of Deputies.--Berryer.--Ball at the Tuileries.--Italian Opera.--Alexandre Vattemare.--Schools and Reformatories.--Journey to Marseilles.--Genoa.--Leghorn.--Naples.--Rome. 189 CHAPTER XII. Margaret's first days in Rome.--Antiquities.--Visits to Studios and Galleries.--Her opinions concerning the Old Masters.--Her sympathy with the People.--Pope Pius.--Celebration of the Birthday of Rome.--Perugia.--Bologna.--Ravenna.--Venice.--A State Ball on the Grand Canal.--Milan.--Manzoni.--The Italian Lakes.--Parma.--Second visit to Florence.--Grand Festival 205 CHAPTER XIII. Period of agitation in Rome.--Margaret's zeal for Italian Freedom.--Her return to Rome.--Review of the Civic Guard.--Church Fasts and Feasts.--Pope Pius.--The Rainy Season.--Promise of Representative Government in Rome.--Celebration of this event.--Mazzini's Letter to the Pope.--Beauty of the Spring.--Italy in Revolution.--Popular excitements in Rome.--Pope Pius deserts the Cause of Freedom.--Margaret leaves Rome for Aquila 219 CHAPTER XIV. Margaret's marriage.--Character of the Marchese Ossoli.--Margaret's first meeting with him.--Reasons for not divulging the marriage.--Aquila.--Rieti.--Birth of Angelo Eugene Ossoli.--Margaret's return to Rome.--Her anxiety about her child.--Flight of Pope Pius.--The Constitutional Assembly.--The Roman Republic.--Attitude of France.--The Siege of Rome.--Mazzini.--Princess Belgiojoso.--Margaret's care of the Hospitals 232 CHAPTER XV.