But when he got within earshot, and could see also what was taking place, he saw the people immediately round the fallen man busily disengaging him from his horse! "_O poverino! Ti sei fatto male?
Orsu! Non sara niente! Su! A cavallo, eh ?_"[2] And having helped the man to remount, they returned to their amusement of roaring "_Morte agli Austriaci!_" The young officer perceived that he had a very different sort of populace to deal with from an angry crowd on the other side of the Alps, or indeed on the other side of the Apennines.
[Footnote 1: "Death! Down with Austria! Death to the Austrians!"] [Footnote 2: "Oh! Poor fellow! Have you hurt yourself?
Up with you! It will be nothing! Up again on your horse, eh ?"] I remember another circumstance which occurred a few years previously to that just mentioned, and which was in its way equally characteristic.

In one of the principal _cafes_ of Florence, situated on the Piazza del Duomo--the cathedral yard--a murder was committed.
The deed was done in full daylight, when the _cafe_ was full of people.

Such crimes, and indeed violent crimes of any sort, were exceedingly rare in Florence.

That in question was committed by stabbing, and the motive of the criminal who had come to Florence for the express purpose of killing his enemy was vengeance for a great wrong.

Having accomplished his purpose he quietly walked out of the _cafe_ and went away.