Count Campo-Basso, who afterward betrayed Charles, was their chief.

Among his followers was a huge Lombard, a great bully, who bore the name of Count Calli.
On the evening of which I speak Max had hardly stepped on the bridge when Yolanda ran to him.
"I have been waiting for you, Sir Max," she said.

"You are late.

I feared you would not come.

I have waited surely an hour, though I am loath to confess it lest you think me a too willing maiden." "It would be hard, Fraeulein, for me to think you too willing--you are but gracious and kind, and I thank you," answered Max.