23/36 Perceiving Wilfrid going by, he said, 'An Englishman! I continue to hope much from his countrymen. I have no right to do so, only they insist on it. They have promised, and more than once, to sail a fleet to our assistance across the plains of Lombardy, and I believe they will--probably in the watery epoch which is to follow Metternich. The heart of that lad doth so boil the brain of him, he can scarcely keep the lid on. |