Carlino was on the point of saying, "Stupid!" "The priest," he continued, "likens the black shadow to an evil spirit, which comes and goes round pure spirits (you do not understand the connection, but there is a connection), eager to enter into them, to dwell in them, he, with others worse than himself.

Then--and here I have not yet found the connection, but I shall find it--they are led to talk of love.

You have crossed the Grande Place.

To-night there was no music, but usually there is, and we will suppose that many amorous glances are exchanged, as is everywhere the case.

The old tower and the old priest show a certain indulgence; the maiden, on the contrary, finds this phase of love stupid.