April, 1849, she wrote the following letter to
Margaret:--

"DEAR MISS FULLER,--You are named Superintendent of the Hospital of
the _Fate Bene Fratelli_. Go there at twelve, if the alarm-bell has
not rung before. When you arrive there, you will receive all the
women coming for the wounded, and give them your directions, so
that you are sure to have a number of them, night and day.

"May God help us!

"CHRISTINE TRIVULZE, OF BELGIOJOSO."

CHAPTER XV.

SIEGE OF ROME.--MARGARET'S CARE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED.--ANXIETY ABOUT
HER HUSBAND AND CHILD.--BATTLE BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN
TROOPS.--THE SURRENDER.--GARIBALDI'S DEPARTURE.--MARGARET JOINS HER
HUSBAND AT HIS POST.--ANGELO'S ILLNESS.--LETTERS FROM FRIENDS IN
AMERICA.--PERUGIA.--WINTER IN FLORENCE.--MARGARET'S DOMESTIC
LIFE.--ASPECT OF HER FUTURE.--HER COURAGE AND INDUSTRY.--OSSOLI'S
AFFECTION FOR HER.--WILLIAM HENRY HURLBUT'S REMINISCENCES OF THEM
BOTH.--LAST DAYS IN FLORENCE.--FAREWELL VISIT TO THE DUOMO.--MARGARET'S
EVENINGS AT HOME.--HORACE SUMNER.--MARGARET AS A FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE.

Margaret writes to Mr. Emerson in June: "Since the 30th of April I go
almost daily to the hospitals, and, though I have suffered, for I had no
idea before how terrible gun-shot wounds and wound-fever are, yet I have
taken great pleasure in being with the men. There is scarcely one who is
not moved by a noble spirit."

"Night and day," writes the friend cited above,[F] "Margaret was
occupied, and, with the Princess, so ordered and disposed the hospitals
that their conduct was admirable. Of money they had very little, and
they were obliged to give their time and thoughts in its place. I have
walked through the wards with Margaret, and have seen how comforting was
her presence to the poor suffering men. For each one's peculiar tastes
she had a care. To one she carried books; to another she told the news
of the day; and listened to another's oft-repeated tale of wrongs, as
the best sympathy she could give. They raised themselves on their elbows
to get the last glimpse of her" as she went her way.

Ossoli, meanwhile, was stationed, with his command, on the walls of the
Vatican,--a post of considerable danger. This he refused to leave, even
for necessary food and rest. The provisions sent him from time to time
were shared with his needy comrades. As these men were brought, wounded
and dying, to the hospitals, Margaret looked eagerly to