["Suddenly he heard an Italian voice very near to him, calling him by name, in a tone of surprise"]
["'I call it the sleeping death,' answered the Professor"]
["He flushed again, very angry this time, and he moved away to leave her, without another word"]
[" ... the door was darkened, and the girl stood there with a large copper 'conca' ..."]
["He moved a step towards the bed, and then another, forcing himself to go on"]
["Ercole left his home after sunset that evening"]
["Regina made a steady effort, lifting fully half Aurora's weight with her"]
["She sat there like a figure of grief outlined in black against the moonlight on the great wall"]