Nobody will harm you, in your disguise, and your donkey is even more surefooted than my mules.

It will be a bright night, too, for the moon is full." "Well, well, Nino," said I at last, "I suppose you will have your own way, as you always do in the world.

And if it must be so, I will go up the pass alone, for I am not afraid at all.

It would be against all the proprieties that you should be riding through a wild country alone at night with the young lady you intend to marry; and if I go with you there will be nothing to be said, for I am a very proper person, and hold a responsible position in Rome.

But for charity's sake, do not undertake anything of this kind again--" "Again ?" exclaimed Nino, in surprise.