"Rossi's plan, the Commissioner thinks, is to send back the Italian exiles, and to disperse them, with money and literature gathered abroad, among the excited millions at home."
"Wonderful!" said the Baron.
Angelelli laughed his thin laugh, like a hen cackling over its nest. Then he said:
"But the Prefect of Paris has formed a more serious opinion, your Excellency."
"What is it?"
"That Rossi is conspiring to assassinate the King."
The Baron blinked the glasses from his nose and sat upright.
"Apparently he was having less success in Paris, where the moral plea has been overdone, when reports of the Rocco incident...."
"A most unlucky affair, Commendatore."
"Meeting at cafés in order to avoid the control of the police ... In short, although he has no exact information, the Prefect warns us to keep double guard over the person of his Majesty."