"Is that what happened ?" "That--and something else." "Will you tell me, heart of my heart ?" In the falling twilight he told her all that had passed through his mind, from the moment when he had seen Settimia's handwriting on the note.

Then Regina's lips moved.
"He shall pay!" she was saying under her breath.

"He shall pay!" "What are you saying ?" Marcello asked.
"An Ave Maria," she answered.

"It is almost dark.".