"I marked him so closely that I cannot be mistaken." "That is Pietro Romano," the governor said; "he was an able officer, but discontented with his position and given to quarrelling with his comrades." "Have a hole dug and bury them in the prison," D'Aubusson said; "they have been false to their vows, and false to their religion.

They have chosen their own mode of death; let them be buried like dogs, as they are.

But let a careful search be made of their garments and of this room.

It may be that they have some documents concealed which may be of use to us." The grand master then descended to the hall.
"Members of the Order," he said to the overseers, "your guilty companions have met death by their own hands, as the others concerned in this plot have met theirs by the swords of the knights.

It were well that this matter were not spoken of outside the prison.