Gianbattista reached the church in which he was to do his work, and superintended the unloading of the carts.

It was but a little after one o'clock, and he expected to succeed in putting up the grating before night.

The pieces were carefully carried to the chapel where they were to be placed, and laid down in the order in which they would be needed.
It took a long time to arrange them, and the apprentice was glad he had advised Maria Luisa and Lucia to come late.

It would have wearied them, he reflected, to assist at the endless fitting and screwing of the joints, and they would have had no impression of the whole until they were tired of looking at the details.
For hours he laboured with the men, not allowing anything to be done without his supervision, and doing more himself than any of the workmen.
He grew hot and interested as the time went on, and he began to doubt whether the work could be finished before sunset.

The workmen themselves, who preferred a job of this kind to the regular occupation of the studio, seemed in no hurry, though they did what was expected of them quietly and methodically.