The innkeeper and Nanna grumbled a good-night as he went out rather unsteadily, followed by Regina.

A moment later the mules' bells jingled, the cart creaked, and Mommo was off.
Paoluccio and his wife made their way to the outer stairs and to bed, leaving Regina to put out the lights and lock up the kitchen.

She lost no time in doing this, ran up the steps in the dark, hung the key on its nail in the entry, and went to her attic, making a loud noise with her loose slippers, so that the couple might hear her.

She came down again in her stockings almost at once, carrying the slippers and a small bundle containing her belongings.

She made no noise now, though it was almost quite dark, and in another instant she was out on the road to Rome.