Unmolested, Casanova was able to finish dressing, to pack away Lorenzi's cloak, and resume his own.
Glancing skyward, Casanova saw that the heavens were overcast.

He had no sense of fatigue, but felt tense and wakeful.

He thought over his situation, considering it from every possible point of view, and coming to the conclusion that, though grave, it was less alarming than it might have seemed to timid spirits.

He would probably be suspected of having killed Lorenzi, but who could doubt that it had been in an honorable fight?
Besides, Lorenzi had been lying in wait, had forced the encounter upon him, and no one could consider him a criminal for having fought in self-defence.

But why had he left the body lying on the grass like that of a dead dog?
Well, nobody could reproach him on that account.