89. _Great rich handsome Englishman._ Bluphocks, who has been hired by the Intendant to lure Pippa into evil courses. NIGHT 1. _Monsignor._ The Bishop has come from Messina in Sicily to take possession of his dead brother's estate. The "Ugo" to whom he speaks is the Intendant mentioned at the beginning of _Interlude II_. 4. _Benedicto benedicatur._ A form of blessing for the repast. "Let it be consecrated with a good saying." 9. _Assumption Day._ The festival of the Assumption of the Virgin into Heaven comes August 25. 36. _Jules._ This is the Jules of _Noon_. His history is thus carried on beyond the point where we left him at the close of his interview with Phene. 51. _Correggio._ An Italian artist (1494-1534). 72. _Podere._ (Plural, _poderi_.) A small farm or manor. 83. _Cesena._ An Episcopal city about twelve miles from Forli. 108. _Millet-cake._ A cake made of an Italian grain and eaten only by the poorest classes. 135. _Letter No. 3._ The information from Rome is based on a wrong assumption. The elder brother had an infant heir whom the second brother endeavored to put out of the way in order that he might himself inherit the estate. He hired Maffeo to destroy the child, and, according to the information from Rome, Maffeo did so. On this assumption Maffeo is to be arrested and the money and land given him by the second brother to keep the deed a secret are now to revert to the church. 154. _So old a story._ In reality Maffeo has been more astute than they thought. He did not kill the child but kept it ready to produce as the heir to the estates if the second brother at any time proved delinquent in the required payments. 174. _Let us understand one another._ He believes that when the Bishop sees himself about to lose the estate, he too will show himself ready for a bargain. The Bishop is simply to keep still and Maffeo will see that the heir--who is Pippa--shall be finally brought to shame and death. The Bishop is to have the estates, and Maffeo is to keep his ill-gotten gains and be given a chance to escape. The Bishop is apparently listening to the tempter when he hears Pippa's song. Its fresh lilting sweetness, and especially, perhaps, the wording of the last line, touch his heart and his conscience, and he suddenly orders Maffeo's arrest, at the same time uttering the prayer, "Have mercy upon me, O God." EPILOGUE 7. _My Zanze._ Zanze was evidently the "third girl" who took Pippa in charge at the end of _Interlude III_. 30. _Monsignor's people._ Zanze was apparently talking to Pippa under the Monsignor's window. Pippa broke off the unwelcome talk by her song, and Zanze had hardly time to begin again when there came the noise of the arrest of Maffeo. * * * * * Transcriber's note The following changes have been made to the text: Page 44: "Rabbi Ben Erza" changed to "Rabbi Ben Ezra". Page 89: Numbered line 25. Page 199: Numbered line 90. Page 323: Numbered line 5.