Giovanni had sought him out at Santa Scolastica, where the monk had signified to him, with tears in his eyes, that their friendship must be buried like a treasure in times of war.

Upon Don Paolo Fare, who had been giving a course of religious instruction for adults at Pavia, silence had been enjoined.

Young di Leyni had been reached through his family.

His excellent and pious mother had besought him with tears and in the name of his dead father, to break with those dangerous acquaintances, the Selvas; and he believed that this step had been suggested by her confessor.

He had resisted, but at the cost of his domestic peace.