And sooner than be such a priest as Messer Gambara--of whom there are too many in the Church to-day--I will find some other way of serving God." "Since...

since when have you thought thus ?" "Since this morning, when I kissed you," I answered fiercely.
She sank into a chair beyond the table and stretched a hand across it to me, inviting the clasp of mine.

"But if this is so, why leave us ?" "Because I am afraid," I answered.

"Because...

O God! Giuliana, do you not see ?" And I sank my head into my hands.
Steps shuffled along the corridor.