He manages his father-in-law's inn, which is the second largest here, and drives a good business, having put his own capital into the enterprise.

They have two children, the second one of which was born three weeks ago, and they are perfectly happy." Saracinesca looked thoughtfully at Don Paolo, the old curate.
"Has this man any papers to prove the truth of this very singular story ?" he inquired at last.
"_Altro!_ That was all his grandfather left--a heap of parchments.

They seem to be in order--he showed them to me when I married him." "Why does he make no claim to have the attainder of his grandfather reversed ?" The curate shrugged his shoulders and spread out the palms of his hands, smiling incredulously.
"The lands, he says, have fallen into the hands of certain patriots.
There is no chance of getting them back.

It is of little use to be a Marchese without property.

What he possesses is a modest competence; it is wealth, even, in his present position.