Word: rocchi
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Later, I went up to the waterfront to look for Rocchi (the anticlerical artisan who repaired the clock). I didn't want to arouse suspicion by asking, so I had some difficulty in locating his shop. Finally, on the fourth approach, there was Rocchi, working away. Near him was a thin man who I thought from the description I had might be one of the councilors, and then I overheard a conversation which was music to my ears. Said Rocchi: 'I wasn't going to do it for a priest. You should have heard...
...Then they all congratulated Rocchi, who modestly said: 'The wonderful thing is that this morning it was only half a minute late-you know, it's the first few days.' Then they dispersed...
...came back a little later to see if I could pick up anything else. Rocchi was talking to someone else about the clock's face, which he said had been supplied free by a nearby glass factory. But I already knew that from the minutes; so I decided there was not much more for me. I returned to Rome with an appointment to meet the secretary again two nights hence and with what I believed a corking good story in my pocket...
...Dispute Settling Committee." Its decision was that the priest would get the bills, approved by the Clock Committee, then would pay the amount of the bill over to the Clock Dispute Settling Committee, which would hand it over to the Citizens' Committee, which would hand it over to Rocchi...
...clock was finally in place on Aug. 15, the Feast of the Assumption. The inauguration was divided into two parts: a civil ceremony on land, and a religious one at sea. At the first, Rocchi was to unveil the clock, which was wrapped in sackcloth. At the second, the statue of the Virgin Mary would be taken out to sea in a fishing vessel and Father Bernardoni would throw a wreath upon the waves...