[2] falla, make it. Consonant of pronoun is doubled.
[3] Dimmi, Tell me of.
VIII. LA DOTE D'ORSOLINA.
[1] stato civile. The stato civile, or "social state" of persons is their condition as regards the principal facts of existence: birth, marriage, death, etc., and involves the recording of these events in the public registers.
[2] Como, town north of Milan, near the Swiss frontier.
[3] un ambrosiano all'antica, a Milanese of the old school.
[4] va ronzando... figliuola, is hovering about your daughter; ronzare, to buzz, hum, then to rove, ramble.
[5] Brera, well-known picture gallery at Milan, open to the public gratis on certain days.
IX. RIVELAZIONI D'UN'OSTRICA.
[1] se la svignarono, disappeared, escaped.