An exception to this dull magnificence in death was a marble slab, newly set against the wall, in memory of a Lucifero--one of that family, still eminent, to which belonged the sacrilegious bishop.

The design was a good imitation of those noble sepulchral tablets which abound in the museum at Athens; a figure taking leave of others as if going on a journey.

The Lucifers had shown good taste in their choice of the old Greek symbol; no better adornment of a tomb has ever been devised, nor one that is half so moving.

At the foot of the slab was carved a little owl (civetta), a bird, my friend informed me, very common about here.
When I took leave, the kindly fellow gave me a large bunch of flowers, carefully culled, with many regrets that the lateness of the season forbade his offering choicer blossoms.

His simple good-nature and intelligence greatly won upon me.