But he knows as much as any priest, at all events!" "A poor student of theology, monsieur," quoth the second bandit, "who has been prevented from following his vocation.

Who knows, Brandolaccio, I might have been Pope!" "What was it that deprived the Church of your learning ?" inquired Orso.
"A mere nothing--a bill that had to be settled, as my friend Brandolaccio puts it.

One of my sisters had been making a fool of herself, while I was devouring book-lore at Pisa University.

I had to come home, to get her married.

But her future husband was in too great a hurry; he died of fever three days before I arrived.