GIACOMO'S PRESENTIMENTS Phil woke up the next morning feeling lame and sore.

His back bore traces of the flogging he had received the night before.

As his eyes opened, they rested upon twenty boys lying about him, and also upon the dark, unsightly walls of the shabby room, and the prospect before him served to depress even his hopeful temperament.

But he was not permitted to meditate long.

Pietro opened the door, and called out in harsh tones: "Get up, all of you, or the padrone will be here with his stick!" The invitation was heard and obeyed.