I will send for the surgeon at once." In a few moments they reached the Palazzo Saracinesca.

The Prince left word at the porter's lodge that any gentlemen who arrived were to be admitted, and all three went up-stairs.

It was half-past two o'clock.
As they entered the apartments, they heard a carriage drive under the great archway below.
"Go to your rooms, Giovanni," said the old Prince.

"These fellows are punctual.

I will call you when they are gone.