'Or later--I will come back, perhaps--I cannot tell.

May I walk a few steps with you, Monseigneur ?' 'By all means,' answered the prelate.
The door of the Convent closed behind them, but Madame Bernard was evidently anxious to get well out of hearing before she spoke.

At the corner of the quiet street she suddenly stood still and looked up to her companion's face, evidently in great perturbation.
'Well ?' he asked.

'What is it ?' 'Giovanni Severi is alive.' Monsignor Saracinesca thought the good woman was dreaming.
'It is impossible,' he said emphatically.
'On the contrary,' returned Madame Bernard, 'it is perfectly true.

If you do not believe me, look at this!' She opened her governess's reticule and fumbled amongst the little school-books and papers it contained.