They will make objections." "She is an angel," said Nino, with great conviction.
"But the angels neither marry nor are given in marriage," I objected, arguing the point to pass the time.
"What do you make of it, then, Messer Cornelio ?" he asked, with a smile.
"Why, as a heretic she ought to burn, and as an angel she ought not to marry." "It is better to marry than to burn," retorted Nino, triumphantly.
"Diavolo! Have you had St.Paul for a tutor ?" I asked, for I knew the quotation, being fond of Greek.
"I heard a preacher cite it once at the Gesu, and I thought it a good saying." Early in the morning we rolled into the great station of Rome, and took an affectionate leave of each other, with the promise that Hedwig and Nino would visit me in the course of the day.

I saw them into a carriage, with Nino's small portmanteau, and Hedwig's bundle, and then mounted a modest omnibus that runs from the termini to St.Peter's, and goes very near my house.
All the bells were ringing gladly, as if to welcome us, for it was Easter morning; and though it is not so kept as it used to be, it is nevertheless a great feast.

Besides, the spring was at hand, and the acacia-trees in the great square were budding, though everything was still so backward in the hills.

April was at hand, which the foreigners think is our best month; but I prefer June and July, when the weather is warm, and the music plays in the Piazza Colonna of an evening.

For all that, April is a glad time, after the disagreeable winter.
There was with me much peace on that Easter day, for I felt that my dear boy was safe after all his troubles.