Do you wish me to come and die in your house ?' I was so deeply moved that I had not the strength to answer, for indeed I am not sure that he is not really in danger of arrest; perhaps this incredible act of the Senator's may be a pretext to prevent the arrest taking place in his house.

And how could he be carried to another place of safety, with the police watching for him?
I embraced him, murmured a few meaningless words, and hastened away; hastened here to speak to this Signora Dessalle.

Perhaps she will come and persuade the Senator." The Selvas had often interrupted di Leyni with exclamations of surprise and indignation.

When he had finished his recital, they were speechless and amazed.

The first to break the silence was Signora Maria.
"If Jeanne would only come!" she said softly.
She made an imperceptible sign to her husband, and proposed that they both go and see if by any chance she had returned and they had not been informed.