"Apparently the insurrection is suppressed, your Excellency."
"I congratulate you."
"The soldiers are patrolling the streets, and all is quiet."
"Good!"
"We have some hundreds of rioters in the house of detention, and the military courts will begin to sit to-morrow morning."
"Excellent!"
"The misadventures have been few and unimportant, the child I spoke of being the only one killed."
"You have discovered whose child it was?"
"Yes. Unluckily...."
Roma felt dizzy. A thought had flashed upon her.