[2] di discorso in discorso, from one thing to another.
[3] un fracasso d'inferno, a deafening clatter.
IV. LA PICCOLA VEDETTA LOMBARDA.
[1] Solferino e San Martino, villages of Lombardy, in northern part of Italy. The battle in question occurred on June 24.
[2] Saluzzo, town of Piedmont, in northwestern part of Italy.—andava; note force of tense: was moving.
[3] Bella cosa! That's a small matter!
[4] Saran, They must be. Future used to express probability.
[5] L'hanno proprio con me! They are really after me!
[6] dubiti, vuole, third person instead of second in addressing a superior; also the usual form in polite conversation.
[7] ad un punto, at the same time.