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A long life to His Eminence.
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How much time has passed.
:38:15
Everything seems so far away,
so different.
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I'm sorry to leave this life
in a city which is no longer home.
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The Rome I knew was different.
:38:25
People were nicer, more respectful.
:38:28
Everyone knew everyone else.
:38:30
Monsignors, cardinals, the Pope.
:38:33
They were all either friends
or relatives.
:38:39
Friendship with the church
has been lost.
:38:42
The marvelous balls...
:38:45
in villas and palazzos...
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with all those cardinals dressed in red
wandering about the house.
:38:54
It was like living in a painting
and at Christmas.
:38:59
Now, why should I
suddenly remember that?
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The little presents
Monsignor Altieri would give me.
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Wax statuettes...
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crosses out of woven straw
and a lot of velvet for the toy manger.
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And all of it gone,
lost over the years.
:39:14
Who knows where all those
little wax statues have gone?
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The following presentation
of ecclesiastical fashions.
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Welcome His Eminence
and our other illustrious guests.