Marcello

Like Marcello in La Dolce Vita, Jep is a journalist and a flâneur with nothing to do.

But the effect produced upon Marcello by the portrait of the old woman, was very different from that anticipated by his son.

When he had finished speaking, there was a minute's silence, broken at last by the elder Marcello.

In vain did Marcello struggle violently to free himself from the crushing pressure of the pirate's fingers.

The Cardinal fanned this flame and Marcello, believing himself encouraged followed Violante to her villa.

He was appointed clerk in the second chancery of the commune under his old master, the grammarian, Marcello Virgilio Adriani.