"When he left the Capitol, he, with all the Romans and Goths, went into the sanctuary of St. Peter, to attend a service of thanksgiving."
"'Tis well. Go to him in the church and give him everything. Also the sword of the fugitive. Tell him that Teja sends it."
"Thy order shall be obeyed," said Thorismuth. "But thou--wilt thou not go with us to the church?"
"No."
"Where wilt thou spend this night of victory, when all the others are giving thanks?"
"I will spend it in the ruins of this house!"
And he thrust the firebrand into the purple cushions of the Prefect's couch.
BOOK V.--Continued.
TOTILA.
"Happy are we that this sunny youth still lives!"--Margrave Ruediger of Bechelaren, Act i., Scene i.