"Yes! Love of home in him, as in all homeless ones, was a consuming passion, and he came back to Italy."
"Where—where is he now?"
David Rossi stepped up to her, and said:
"In this room."
She rose:
"Then you are David Leone!"
He raised one hand:
"David Leone is dead!"
There was silence for a moment. She could hear the thumping of her heart. Then she said in an almost inaudible whisper:
"I understand. David Leone is dead, but David Rossi is alive."