"God forbid! This black night in Rome is only the beginning of the end. It will be the dawn of the resurrection everywhere."
"But it is all over between you and me."
"Indeed, no. No, no! I cannot take you with me. That is impossible. I couldn't see you suffer hunger and thirst and the privations of exile, but...."
"Our marriage cannot be celebrated now, and that being so...."
"The banns are good for half a year, Roma, and before that time I shall be back. Have no fear! The immortality stirring beneath the ruins of this old city will give us victory all over Italy. I will return and we shall be very happy. How happy we shall be!"
"Yes, yes," she brought out at intervals.
"Be brave, my girl, be brave!"
"Yes, yes."
The revolving searchlight flashed through the room at that moment, and she dropped her face again.
"Dearest," she said faintly, "if I should not be here when you come back...."