A new sensation took possession of Marcantonio—an utterly new passion, which he did not recognise as part of himself.
He thought Marcantonio would be angry and visit their death on him.
Marcantonio may therefore be allowed to go to Rome without being watched on the journey.
"I would not permit myself to apply such a word to anything you say," answered Marcantonio, with cold courtesy.
At the end of a week Marcantonio telegraphed that he and his sister would leave Rome by the night train and arrive in the morning.
