Chapter 25

"And when this Francisco returns presently, the plan is that we set forth at once for Ferrara?" asked Ligozzi. "And meanwhile rest, father, and I will bring thee food. We have already eaten." "I, too, my son," answered Ligozzi; but he seated himself on one of the rough wooden stools and watched Tomaso affectionately, as he brought the poor horn lantern from the wall. He lit and set it on the table, where it cast a straggling and wretched light. "Francisco is surely overlong," he said; "suppose the soldiers think to…