To-night only a proposal is before us; the proposal to form a sort of league among all those who cherish the same desire.

Let us then decide this point." The _Scolopio_ would not yield.

He could not understand an inactive league, and action, according to the ideas of the intellectualists, did not suit him.

The Genevese abbe exclaimed: "_Je l'avais bien dit!_" And he rose, determined this time to depart.

But Selva would not allow this, and proposed closing the meeting, intending again to summon Professor Dane, Minucci, di Leyni, and Fare, on the morrow, or perhaps later on.