9/26 I foresee that he has but to speak to obtain pardon. And this great sacrifice, this magnanimous affection meets with such a return! It is frightful!" "No, sir," replied Deodati, "I will not pardon Geronimo. He will never be the same to me. Should I find him, or should he return to me, I will give him an income sufficient to keep him from want; that being done, I shall renounce the world and retire into a cloister, to await there in solitude and peace the time when it may please God to call me to himself." Mr.Van de Werve heard the street-door open, and said eagerly to the old merchant: "Signor, my daughter is at church and may return at any moment. I beg you not to speak of these things in her presence. |