Never may men like me, who have no external rank, appear amongst the crowd, save on those occasions when the mind is itself a rank." "That is true, as you have no train," answered Raimond, thinking of his own well-liveried menials.

"Adieu, then! we shall meet soon." "Ay, at Philippi, my Lord.

Reverend Father, your blessing!" It was some time subsequent to this conference that Rienzi quitted the sacred edifice.

As he stood on the steps of the church--now silent and deserted--the hour that precedes the brief twilight of the South lent its magic to the view.

There he beheld the sweeping arches of the mighty Aqueduct extending far along the scene, and backed by the distant and purpled hills.