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Updated: May 6, 2025
'I can only hope to show you some day how grateful I am. You have saved my life! Trombin smiled pleasantly, but said nothing. Gambardella knocked at the door of San Domenico twice in quick succession, and then again once after a short interval.
There were wax candles on the table in handsome candlesticks, for a mere brass oil-lamp was not good enough for such fine gentlemen as Trombin and Gambardella when their pockets were full of money; and in the middle of the board a magnificent majolica basket was filled with cherries and green almonds.
The window opposite the table was wide open and shattered, the frame and shutters split to matchwood, the glass in splinters, and, almost as Don Alberto started and turned round, Trombin sprang into the room hatless, with his long rapier in his hand, his round blue eyes wide open and glaring like a wild cat's, his pink cheeks fiery red, and his long yellow hair streaming out from his head like a mane.
She was out of sight in a few seconds in spite of her white monk's frock, which might have been seen at a considerable distance even in the gloom of the narrow lane beyond the bridge. Trombin, who tried to follow her with his sharp eyes, was sure that she had turned into a cross alley that led to the large court in which the Palazzo Pignaver then stood.
Trombin tried the door and found it ajar; both men entered, and Gambardella pushed it back to its original position.
For those were the only conditions under which Bravi could have exercised their profession as they did throughout Italy in the seventeenth century. Trombin detained the innkeeper a moment when he was about to leave the two to their toilet, after the day's ride. 'Some acquaintances of ours must have spent a night here last week, Trombin began. 'Do you remember them?
The one provided by the Canons was there, however, and Stradella recognised it, which Trombin could not have done, amongst the crowd of equipages that were waiting for the numerous ecclesiastics who had taken part in the service. It was now all but quite dark, but the coachman had received orders to be near the door and ready, lest the famous singer should catch cold.
Ortensia's memory came back completely at Gambardella's name, and she slipped her feet from the sofa to the floor and sat up suddenly. Trombin was, of course, prepared for the question with a plausible story, but he could never count on his presence of mind when he was in love and alone for the first time with the object of his affections.
'You are a great man, said Gambardella thoughtfully, when they had walked some distance and were nearing their destination. 'You flatter me! laughed Trombin. 'What is easier than to guess that a Dominican monk with a small white hand and an emerald ring may be a lady in disguise?
'In fact, added Trombin, 'the elements of acquaintance all agree admirably well the circumstances, the conditions, chance, and Providence itself. For if, as I gather from your own words, sir, you stand in need of a little friendly assistance from us, we, on our side, are weary of wasting our wits in conversation and our strength in luxurious idleness.
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