Julio opened the door, and by the light of the lamp examined a grave which had been dug in one corner of the cellar, and on the sides of which lay the earth which had been excavated.[20] After a rapid survey, he placed the lamp outside the door against the wall of the passage, and returned for the dead body.
When he had carried his burden as far as the subterranean passage, he panted for breath and seemed overcome by fatigue.

He, however, exerted all his strength in order to finish as soon as possible his painful task, and dragged the corpse into the cellar.

There he let it fall upon the side of the grave already prepared for its reception.

After resting a few moments, he was about to cast it into the grave and cover it with earth, but he desisted, saying: "Bah! the poor young man will not run away.

Perhaps Signor Turchi has not yet left.