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His adversary had admitted, had indeed boasted, of having entered Gouache's rooms, and of having taken thence the letter and the pin. This alone constituted an injury for which reparation was necessary, but not content with this, Sant' Ilario had given him the lie direct.
In the year 1309 the first part of the "Divine Comedy," the Inferno, was finished by Dante, at the age of forty-four, in the tenth year of his pilgrimage, under the roof of the Marquis of Lunigiana; and it was intrusted to the care of Fra Ilario, a monk living on the beautiful Ligurian shores.
Corona, with serene good humour did her best to make conversation, and a shade of animation occasionally appeared at her end of the table; but Sant' Ilario was bored to the verge of extinction and talked of nothing but archaeology and the trial of the Cenci, wondering inwardly why he chose such exceedingly dry subjects.
It sounds well at all events." "Very," said Sant' Ilario, with a laugh. "A profoundly interesting page in genealogy, if she happens to marry somebody," observed Montevarchi, mentally noting all the facts. "What is the other story?" asked Frangipani. "The other story is much less concise and detailed.
He even prevailed upon Giovanni to walk with him sometimes in the middle of the day, and Sant' Ilario seemed to take a languid interest in the barricades erected at the gates of the city, and in the arrangements for maintaining quiet within the walls. Rome presented a strange aspect in those days.
It is an expression in the eyes, a delicate shade in the features, which speak of many things which we do not understand; things which, if they exist at all, we feel must be inevitable, fatal, and beyond human control. Giovanni looked and was surprised, but Faustina said nothing. "It was very good of the prince to bring him here," remarked Sant' Ilario.
If you do not come soon you will find me dead I cannot bear it many days more." "I will write to you." "How can you write? Your letters would be seen. Oh no! It is impossible!" "I will write to your friend to the Princess Sant' Ilario. She will give you the letters. She is safe, is she not?" "Oh, how happy I shall be! It will be almost like seeing you no, not that! But so much better than nothing.
"Are you here, too?" asked the latter in a friendly voice, as he recognised Giovanni by the light of a lamp, under which they were passing. "I came to see them off," replied Sant' Ilario, coldly. It seemed to him as though his companion must have followed him. "So did I," said San Giacinto. "I heard the news late last night, and only lay down for an hour or two."
"Monsieur Gouache," he said angrily, "I took the liberty of visiting your lodgings yesterday afternoon, and I found this letter, fastened with this pin upon your table. I presume you will not think any further explanation necessary." Gouache stared at the objects which Sant' Ilario held out to him and drew back stiffly. It was his turn to be outraged at the insult.
Fra Ilario, such was the good father's name, received commission to transmit the "Inferno" to Uguccione della Faggiuola; and he subsequently recorded the fact of Dante's visit in a letter which, though its genuineness has been called in question, is far too interesting to be left without allusion.
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