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'I am going to the apothecary's for some camomile, she said quietly, and the old man merely nodded as he opened the street door for her. The Bravi had cared very little whether Pina was at home or not when Cucurullo came to get the objects for which Stradella had sent him at Gambardella's suggestion.
The ex-Queen had Rome searched for him the very next day by a score of her servants, and it was one of her grooms who had mistaken Cucurullo for Guidi, because he hardly knew the poet by sight, and thought that hunchbacks were all very much alike.
It is a long distance from the Palazzo Altieri to the Lateran, and the Canons sent one of their coaches to convey Stradella to the church. He brought Ortensia with him, and found Cucurullo already waiting at the transept door. 'It is impossible to get in by this way, sir, said the hunchback, coming to the window of the carriage.
The key turned noisily in the lock, twice in quick succession, and the additional bolt rattled as it was pushed into its socket. 'Good-night, gentlemen, said the preternaturally hoarse voice of the turnkey through the square hole in the door. 'I will bring you your dinner at noon! Cucurullo sprang to the grated aperture, only to see the ruffian stalking off into the gloom with his lantern. 'Hi!
'I remember that night in Venice, when the Signors of the Night were after him! 'Ah, you should have seen him in the sea, God bless him! answered Cucurullo. 'He had the strength and the long wind of a dolphin. When the squall came upon us we held each other fast, sitting astride of the plank, for it was a very heavy one, and did not sink with us. Then came the rain.
'No, replied the other, pacified at being taken for the misshapen bard. 'I am only a servant like yourself, and my name is Cucurullo. The man seemed reassured and much amused, for he was a Piedmontese. 'Cuckoo-rulloo-cuckoo what? he asked, laughing. 'I did not catch the rest!
Pina knelt down a little way behind her mistress, and Cucurullo took his place at the same distance behind his master; but Trombin went and stood on Ortensia's left and Gambardella on Stradella's right, as witnesses for the bride and bridegroom respectively.
All this Cucurullo had observed frequently; often, too, he had carried letters and tokens, and had brought others back; and not a few times, by night, he had held cloak and lute and rapier, while his master climbed up to a balcony or a window high above. Many such things had Cucurullo done, and had confessed them afterwards as misdeeds.
'Have I trained my men well or not? he asked, desisting at last, and turning to Cucurullo. 'You have trained them to tell the truth about you, sir, I have no doubt, answered the hunchback. 'And we will make a bad day of it for any man who says a word against him, said the biggest of the halberdiers with a grin.
As for Cucurullo, he had been inured to hardship and misery in his childhood. They came forward together, and before Trombin could meet them the turnkey had disappeared again. Trombin took off his hat and bowed to Stradella, and the secretary thought it wise to make an obsequious obeisance.
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