“Bah! that cannot be so,” replied the Canon roundly.
“Why not?”
“Bah!”
“Why should it shock you?” exclaimed Cæsar. “If they sold Jesus Christ alive, why are they not to sell him dead?”
“Well, I am glad to know it,” Don Justo burst forth, “because I was going to buy some medals for presents, and now I won’t buy them.”
Don Calixto smiled, and Cæsar understood that the good Canon was taking advantage of the information to save a penny.
XXI. DON CALIXTO IN THE CATACOMBS
Don Calixto and the Canon were very anxious to visit the Catacombs. Cæsar knew that the visit is not entirely agreeable, and attempted to dissuade them from their intention.
“I don’t know whether you gentlemen know that one has to spend the entire day there.”