"Oh, it has been built up now, and Salvatore Buonavista lives there with Maddalena. Buon riposo, signora. Buon riposo, signore."
"Buon riposo, Gaspare."
And Maurice echoed it:
"Buon riposo."
As Gaspare went away round the angle of the cottage to his room near Tito's stable, Maurice added:
"Buon riposo. It's an awfully nice way of saying good-night. I feel as if I'd said it before, somehow."
"Your blood has said it without your knowing it, perhaps many times. Are you coming, Maurice?"
He turned once more, looked down at the light shining in the house of the sirens, then followed Hermione in through the open door.