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Wogan could have answered that she had never seen hiht

silence, however, was the more expressive The silence led Maria

Vittoria to conjecture

"Is there another picture at her heart?" she asked, and again Wogan was

silent "Whose, then? You will not tell an's attitude or face which revealed

the truth to her; it

had said concerning Wogan's enthusiasht have been merely her

woan Her

eyes certainly softened "I will go with you to Bologna," she said; and

that afternoon with the san

had ridden alone frona to Rome in four days; he had spent three

days in Rome; he now took six days to return in company with Mlle de

Caprara and her few servants He thus arrived in Bologna on the eve of

that day when he was to act as the King's proxy in the e

It was about four o'clock in the afternoon when the tiny cavalcade

clattered through the Porta Castiglione Wogan led the way to the

Pilgri that he would return

at nightfall He then went on foot to O'Toole's lodging O'Toole,

however, had no news for him

"There has been no ht," answered Wogan "I shall need you"

"I am ready," said O'Toole

The two friends walked back to the Pilgrim Inn They were joined by

Maria Vittoria, and they then proceeded to the little house aan posted O'Toole

"Let no one pass," said he, "till we return"

He knocked on the door, and after a little delay--for the night had