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And Nelli made one more violent effort, uttering a groan as he did so, and found himself within two spans of the plank. "Bravo!" shouted the others. "Courage one dash more!" and behold Nelli clinging to the plank. All clapped their hands. "Bravo!" said the master. "But that will do now. Come down."
Nelli has grown very fond of Garrone. As soon as he enters the schoolroom he looks to see if Garrone is there. He never goes away without saying, "Good by, Garrone," and Garrone does the same with him.
This strange procrastination has been generally ascribed to jealousy or indifference on the part of Spain; but Nelli, one of Galileo's biographers, declares, on the authority of Florentine records, that Cosmo had privately requested from the government the privilege of sending annually to the Spanish Indies two Leghorn merchantmen free of duty, as a compensation for the loss of Galileo!
Later, when he asked for Lavinia, he was told that she had gone to Naples; and when the boat returned, Nelli a military figure, with hair and mustache like yellowish white silk assisted her to the wall. She was closely veiled against the sparkling flood of light and bay, and hurried directly to her room.
One could tell of the disappearance, one after another, of the prominent members of the Council of the decoy of Signor Nelli, the chief Italian delegate, by messengers as from Fiume with strange rumours of Jugo-Slav misdeeds; of the sudden disappearance of Latin Americans from the Casino, whither they had gone to chat, to drink, and to play; of the silent stealing away of rows upon rows of Japanese, none knew how or why; of how Kristna, the distinguished Indian, was lured to meet a supposed revealer of a Ghandi anti-League plot.
In one hour he had learned by heart nearly three pages, which he is to recite the day after to-morrow, for the anniversary of the funeral of King Vittorio. And even Nelli gazed at him in wonder and affection, as he rubbed the folds of his apron of black cloth, and smiled with his clear and mournful eyes.
This visit gave me a great deal of pleasure; it left something like sparks in my mind and my heart. And it pleased me, too, when they went away, to see poor Nelli between the other two tall, strong fellows, who carried him home on their arms, and made him laugh as I have never seen him laugh before.
She had been made welcome by the Neapolitan society lawn fetes had been given in villas under the burnished leaves of magnolias on the height of Vomero. The Cavaliere Nelli, Orsi's cousin and a retired colonel of Bersaglieri, entertained lavishly at dinner on the terrace of Bertolini's; she went out to old houses looking through aged and riven pines at the sea.
He was still pale, but composed, and held himself with simple dignity. "Some men," he said, "are not so happy, even for an hour." A sudden passionate necessity to save him swept over her. In the morning Orsi remained at the villa, but he sent the launch in early with an urgent summons for the Cavaliere Nelli.
This design was not carried into effect till 1737, at the expense of the family of Nelli, when both their bodies were disinterred, and removed to the site of the splendid monument which now covers them. This monument contains the bust of Galileo, with figures of Geometry and Astronomy. It was designed by Giulio Foggini.
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