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But Trombin and his companion went forward, and finding the Senator on his knees, they knelt down, one on each side of him. He glanced to the right and left, and was surprised at the improvement in their appearance since he had seen them at supper.
Though they had been at supper two hours and had done well by a jar of old Samian, they were as cool and steady as when they had sat down, a fact which predisposed Pignaver in their favour. 'Will you do us the honour to be our guest, sir? asked Gambardella at once. 'But you have already supped, gentlemen, answered the Senator. 'That is a trifle, sir, Trombin said.
Trombin was well aware that Tommaso was not coming back to the Lateran with the coach, since the bells were already ringing for Ave Maria, and the man was to meet Don Alberto behind the Baptistery in an hour 'the first hour of the night'; but he pretended angry surprise at not finding the carriage waiting.
'Cucurullo should not have gone to them without asking his master's consent, said Ortensia, not altogether pleased. 'Do you know what Don Alberto told me? He said that Count Trombin and Count Gambardella are Bravi, the most famous in Italy! 'It is not possible, replied Pina, shaking her head. 'I do not believe it!
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.
The Bravi had now parted company, and Trombin had quietly gone out of the church, leaving Gambardella alone.
'This seems to be a good inn, observed Trombin thoughtfully, after a pause. 'I had as soon spend a ducat a day here as in a worse house. Now this Burgundy is of the vintage of the year fifty-one. 'Undoubtedly, assented Gambardella, sipping again as he did about once a minute. 'It has the "rose" bouquet like that of forty-six, but is a little younger.
He did not go back to the inn at once, for the distance was very short, and he judged that Trombin could hardly have procured Stradella's liberation in so short a time. He wished to be alone a little while, for, in spite of what he had come to be, his interview with the Mother Superior had disturbed him strangely.
But there is nothing for us to do here just now, whereas in Genoa, or Florence, or even Rome, we should not be always idle. 'Venice is a dull place, compared with what it used to be, Trombin admitted, and he raised his right forearm, turning it till he could examine the threadbare elbow of his coat in the glare of the candles. 'Another week will do it, he added, after a careful examination.
Trombin had cut a hole in the top of an orange and was solemnly sucking it a process for which his small round mouth seemed to be expressly formed and his pink cheeks contracted and expanded like little bellows as he alternately drew in the sweet juice and took breath.
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