28/147 "Does this man really pretend to be a saint? "It is a ease of contagious, mystic psychopathy! But you must excuse me now, for I am due at Subiaco at eight o'clock. I hope you will enjoy yourselves. May your visit divert you," With this malicious thrust, he shook the reins on the mule's neck, and rode on, fearing he might be obliged to give proofs of what he asserted. They halted a second time at the foot of the slope of Jenne, on the gravel across which shallow rivulets streak, flowing down to the river from the grotto of the Infernillo. |