CHAPTER IX .-- SHE WITNESSES THE END.
April 20.

Milan, 10.30 p.m .-- We are thus far on our way homeward.

I, being decidedly de trop, travel apart from the rest as much as I can.
Having dined at the hotel here, I went out by myself; regardless of the proprieties, for I could not stay in.

I walked at a leisurely pace along the Via Allesandro Manzoni till my eye was caught by the grand Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, and I entered under the high glass arcades till I reached the central octagon, where I sat down on one of a group of chairs placed there.

Becoming accustomed to the stream of promenaders, I soon observed, seated on the chairs opposite, Caroline and Charles.