Such chiding the young man answered only by the same unvarying words.
“Senator, I have a great trust to fulfil;”—and at these words he smiled.
One day Villani, while with the Senator, said rather abruptly, “Do you remember, my Lord, that before Viterbo, I acquitted myself so in arms, that even the Cardinal d’Albornoz was pleased to notice me?”
“I remember your valour well, Angelo; but why the question?”
“My Lord, Bellini, the Captain of the Guard of the Capitol is dangerously ill.”
“I know it.”
“Whom can my Lord trust at the post?”
“Why, the Lieutenant.”
“What!—a soldier that has served under the Orsini!”
“True. Well! There is Tommaso Filangieri.”