Di Leyni fixed upon him eyes aflame with enthusiasm.

Dane, Selva, Don Clemente, and the other monk were silent and embarrassed, feeling--especially the three ecclesiastics--that Minucci had gone too far, that his words concerning the extent and intensity of faith, concerning the fear of Peter, were not weighed; that the whole tone of his discourse was too aggressive, and not in harmony with Dane's mystical exhortation, or with the language Selva had used in delineating the character of the proposed association.

The Genevese abbe had never for a moment removed his small bright eyes from Minucci's face while he was speaking.

He watched Don Paolo's demonstration with an expression of mingled irony and pity; then he rose: "Very well," he said; "I do not know whether my friend Dane, in particular, shares this gentleman's views.

Indeed, I am inclined to doubt it.