The old man obeyed.

They both advanced beneath the trees, through whose branches streamed the moonlight.

Cucumetto stopped at last, and pointed to two persons grouped at the foot of a tree.
"'There,' said he, 'demand thy child of Carlini; he will tell thee what has become of her;' and he returned to his companions.

The old man remained motionless; he felt that some great and unforeseen misfortune hung over his head.

At length he advanced toward the group, the meaning of which he could not comprehend.