[6] Prendete il largo, Shove off!
[7] come vien viene, just as it happened.
[8] ch'io non avessi... segno, that I might not be in my right mind.
[9] Mi pareva mill'anni; compare X., note 2.
XIII. IL MAESTRO DI CALLIGRAFIA.
[1] andare in pensione, to retire, be pensioned off.
[2] in barba al, before the very face of, in spite of.
[3] un pan di zucchero, a lump of sugar, here soft-hearted, an easy mark.
[4] gliene... maniera, every sort of prank had been played upon him.
[5] in fin dei conti, after all.