Summary
Bugger the beggars!' I thought, 'and bugger the street vendors that thrust something you don't want into your hand and expect you to pay for it, and the pickpockets that work in pairs, one distracting you with a request for directions while his accomplice takes your wallet from your jacket; and bugger the con artists that hear you speaking English, accost you in Italian, and then feign delight at encountering an English gentleman who will surely lend them the money to buy a can of petrol so...
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Mendicant Ways
The Gospel according to St Matthew teaches, 'Give to him who begs from you', but St Matthew didn't take his holidays in Rome. If that's where you plan to spend yours, brace yourself: there are enough beggars there to try the patience of the whole calendar of saints. I last visited the place out of season, im...
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