At the gap, the broken bit" ... —"Torrione, true!

To escape the questioning guard at the proper gate,

Clemente, where at the inn, hard by, 'the Horse,'

Just outside, a calash in readiness

Took the two principals, all alone at last,

To gate San Spirito, which o'erlooks the road,

Leads to Perugia, Rome and liberty."

Bit by bit thus made-up mosaic-wise,

Flat lay my fortune,—tessellated floor,

Imperishable tracery devils should foot