"And were they?"
"Yes. Then you didn't receive it?"
"I was under punishment from the first."
"I also paid for a separate cell with food and light. Did you get that?"
"No, I was nearly all the time on bread and water."
His sulkiness was breaking down and he was showing some agitation. She lifted her large dark eyes on him and said in a soft voice:
"Poor Bruno! No wonder they have made you say things."
His jaw trembled more than ever. "No use talking of that," he said.
"Mr. Rossi will be the first to feel for you."
He turned his head and looked at her with a look of pity. "She doesn't know," he thought. "Why should I tell her? After all, she's in the same case as myself. What hurts me will hurt her. She has been good to me. Why should I make her suffer?"