If she returned to the city she must have come to the Porta Nuova.

And she could hardly have entered the town without drawing the attention of the men at the gate.

Just let us make inquiry there in the first place." So they went together to the Porta Nuova, and nothing more was said between them during the short walk.

But it seemed as if the manifest uneasiness of Ludovico had infected his companion.

Yet it was evident that thoughts of a different nature were busy in their minds.