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He
continued
to
follow
the
path
to
the
glade
;
but
,
to
his
great
surprise
,
Carlini
arrived
almost
as
soon
as
himself
.
'
Let
us
draw
lots
!
let
us
draw
lots
!
'
cried
all
the
brigands
,
when
they
saw
the
chief
.
"
Their
demand
was
fair
,
and
the
chief
inclined
his
head
in
sign
of
acquiescence
.
The
eyes
of
all
shone
fiercely
as
they
made
their
demand
,
and
the
red
light
of
the
fire
made
them
look
like
demons
.
The
names
of
all
,
including
Carlini
,
were
placed
in
a
hat
,
and
the
youngest
of
the
band
drew
forth
a
ticket
;
the
ticket
bore
the
name
of
Diovolaccio
.
He
was
the
man
who
had
proposed
to
Carlini
the
health
of
their
chief
,
and
to
whom
Carlini
replied
by
breaking
the
glass
across
his
face
.
A
large
wound
,
extending
from
the
temple
to
the
mouth
,
was
bleeding
profusely
.
Diovalaccio
,
seeing
himself
thus
favored
by
fortune
,
burst
into
a
loud
laugh
.
'
Captain
,
'
said
he
,
'
just
now
Carlini
would
not
drink
your
health
when
I
proposed
it
to
him
;
propose
mine
to
him
,
and
let
us
see
if
he
will
be
more
condescending
to
you
than
to
me
.
'
Every
one
expected
an
explosion
on
Carlini
's
part
;
but
to
their
great
surprise
,
he
took
a
glass
in
one
hand
and
a
flask
in
the
other
,
and
filling
it
--
'
Your
health
,
Diavolaccio
,
'
said
he
calmly
,
and
he
drank
it
off
,
without
his
hand
trembling
in
the
least
.
Then
sitting
down
by
the
fire
,
'
My
supper
,
'
said
he
;
'
my
expedition
has
given
me
an
appetite
.
'
--
'
Well
done
,
Carlini
!
'
cried
the
brigands
;
'
that
is
acting
like
a
good
fellow
;
'
and
they
all
formed
a
circle
round
the
fire
,
while
Diavolaccio
disappeared
.
Carlini
ate
and
drank
as
if
nothing
had
happened
.
The
bandits
looked
on
with
astonishment
at
this
singular
conduct
until
they
heard
footsteps
.
They
turned
round
,
and
saw
Diavolaccio
bearing
the
young
girl
in
his
arms
.
Her
head
hung
back
,
and
her
long
hair
swept
the
ground
.
As
they
entered
the
circle
,
the
bandits
could
perceive
,
by
the
firelight
,
the
unearthly
pallor
of
the
young
girl
and
of
Diavolaccio
.
This
apparition
was
so
strange
and
so
solemn
,
that
every
one
rose
,
with
the
exception
of
Carlini
,
who
remained
seated
,
and
ate
and
drank
calmly
.
Diavolaccio
advanced
amidst
the
most
profound
silence
,
and
laid
Rita
at
the
captain
's
feet
.
Then
every
one
could
understand
the
cause
of
the
unearthly
pallor
in
the
young
girl
and
the
bandit
.
A
knife
was
plunged
up
to
the
hilt
in
Rita
's
left
breast
.
Every
one
looked
at
Carlini
;
the
sheath
at
his
belt
was
empty
.
'
Ah
,
ah
,
'
said
the
chief
,
'
I
now
understand
why
Carlini
stayed
behind
.
'
All
savage
natures
appreciate
a
desperate
deed
.
No
other
of
the
bandits
would
,
perhaps
,
have
done
the
same
;
but
they
all
understood
what
Carlini
had
done
.
'
Now
,
then
,
'
cried
Carlini
,
rising
in
his
turn
,
and
approaching
the
corpse
,
his
hand
on
the
butt
of
one
of
his
pistols
,
'
does
any
one
dispute
the
possession
of
this
woman
with
me
?
'
--
'
No
,
'
returned
the
chief
,
'
she
is
thine
.
'
Carlini
raised
her
in
his
arms
,
and
carried
her
out
of
the
circle
of
firelight
.
Cucumetto
placed
his
sentinels
for
the
night
,
and
the
bandits
wrapped
themselves
in
their
cloaks
,
and
lay
down
before
the
fire
.
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At
midnight
the
sentinel
gave
the
alarm
,
and
in
an
instant
all
were
on
the
alert
.
It
was
Rita
's
father
,
who
brought
his
daughter
's
ransom
in
person
.
'
Here
,
'
said
he
,
to
Cucumetto
,
'
here
are
three
hundred
piastres
;
give
me
back
my
child
.
But
the
chief
,
without
taking
the
money
,
made
a
sign
to
him
to
follow
.
The
old
man
obeyed
.
They
both
advanced
beneath
the
trees
,
through
whose
branches
streamed
the
moonlight
.
Cucumetto
stopped
at
last
,
and
pointed
to
two
persons
grouped
at
the
foot
of
a
tree
.
"
'
There
,
'
said
he
,
'
demand
thy
child
of
Carlini
;
he
will
tell
thee
what
has
become
of
her
;
'
and
he
returned
to
his
companions
.
The
old
man
remained
motionless
;
he
felt
that
some
great
and
unforeseen
misfortune
hung
over
his
head
.
At
length
he
advanced
toward
the
group
,
the
meaning
of
which
he
could
not
comprehend
.
As
he
approached
,
Carlini
raised
his
head
,
and
the
forms
of
two
persons
became
visible
to
the
old
man
's
eyes
.
A
woman
lay
on
the
ground
,
her
head
resting
on
the
knees
of
a
man
,
who
was
seated
by
her
;
as
he
raised
his
head
,
the
woman
's
face
became
visible
.
The
old
man
recognized
his
child
,
and
Carlini
recognized
the
old
man
.
'
I
expected
thee
,
'
said
the
bandit
to
Rita
's
father
.
--
'
Wretch
!
'
returned
the
old
man
,
'
what
hast
thou
done
?
'
and
he
gazed
with
terror
on
Rita
,
pale
and
bloody
,
a
knife
buried
in
her
bosom
.
A
ray
of
moonlight
poured
through
the
trees
,
and
lighted
up
the
face
of
the
dead
.
--
'
Cucumetto
had
violated
thy
daughter
,
'
said
the
bandit
;
'
I
loved
her
,
therefore
I
slew
her
;
for
she
would
have
served
as
the
sport
of
the
whole
band
.
'
The
old
man
spoke
not
,
and
grew
pale
as
death
.
'
Now
,
'
continued
Carlini
,
'
if
I
have
done
wrongly
,
avenge
her
;
'
and
withdrawing
the
knife
from
the
wound
in
Rita
's
bosom
,
he
held
it
out
to
the
old
man
with
one
hand
,
while
with
the
other
he
tore
open
his
vest
.
--
'
Thou
hast
done
well
!
'
returned
the
old
man
in
a
hoarse
voice
;
'
embrace
me
,
my
son
.
'
Carlini
threw
himself
,
sobbing
like
a
child
,
into
the
arms
of
his
mistress
's
father
.
These
were
the
first
tears
the
man
of
blood
had
ever
wept
.
'
Now
,
'
said
the
old
man
,
'
aid
me
to
bury
my
child
.
'
Carlini
fetched
two
pickaxes
;
and
the
father
and
the
lover
began
to
dig
at
the
foot
of
a
huge
oak
,
beneath
which
the
young
girl
was
to
repose
.
When
the
grave
was
formed
,
the
father
kissed
her
first
,
and
then
the
lover
;
afterwards
,
one
taking
the
head
,
the
other
the
feet
,
they
placed
her
in
the
grave
.
Then
they
knelt
on
each
side
of
the
grave
,
and
said
the
prayers
of
the
dead
.
Then
,
when
they
had
finished
,
they
cast
the
earth
over
the
corpse
,
until
the
grave
was
filled
.
Then
,
extending
his
hand
,
the
old
man
said
;
'
I
thank
you
,
my
son
;
and
now
leave
me
alone
.
'
--
'
Yet
'
--
replied
Carlini
.
--
'
Leave
me
,
I
command
you
.
'
Carlini
obeyed
,
rejoined
his
comrades
,
folded
himself
in
his
cloak
,
and
soon
appeared
to
sleep
as
soundly
as
the
rest
.
It
had
been
resolved
the
night
before
to
change
their
encampment
.
An
hour
before
daybreak
,
Cucumetto
aroused
his
men
,
and
gave
the
word
to
march
.
But
Carlini
would
not
quit
the
forest
,
without
knowing
what
had
become
of
Rita
's
father
.
He
went
toward
the
place
where
he
had
left
him
.
He
found
the
old
man
suspended
from
one
of
the
branches
of
the
oak
which
shaded
his
daughter
's
grave
.
He
then
took
an
oath
of
bitter
vengeance
over
the
dead
body
of
the
one
and
the
tomb
of
the
other
.
But
he
was
unable
to
complete
this
oath
,
for
two
days
afterwards
,
in
an
encounter
with
the
Roman
carbineers
,
Carlini
was
killed
.
There
was
some
surprise
,
however
,
that
,
as
he
was
with
his
face
to
the
enemy
,
he
should
have
received
a
ball
between
his
shoulders
.
That
astonishment
ceased
when
one
of
the
brigands
remarked
to
his
comrades
that
Cucumetto
was
stationed
ten
paces
in
Carlini
's
rear
when
he
fell
.
On
the
morning
of
the
departure
from
the
forest
of
Frosinone
he
had
followed
Carlini
in
the
darkness
,
and
heard
this
oath
of
vengeance
,
and
,
like
a
wise
man
,
anticipated
it
.
They
told
ten
other
stories
of
this
bandit
chief
,
each
more
singular
than
the
other
.
Thus
,
from
Fondi
to
Perusia
,
every
one
trembles
at
the
name
of
Cucumetto
.
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"
These
narratives
were
frequently
the
theme
of
conversation
between
Luigi
and
Teresa
.
The
young
girl
trembled
very
much
at
hearing
the
stories
;
but
Vampa
reassured
her
with
a
smile
,
tapping
the
butt
of
his
good
fowling-piece
,
which
threw
its
ball
so
well
;
and
if
that
did
not
restore
her
courage
,
he
pointed
to
a
crow
,
perched
on
some
dead
branch
,
took
aim
,
touched
the
trigger
,
and
the
bird
fell
dead
at
the
foot
of
the
tree
.
Time
passed
on
,
and
the
two
young
people
had
agreed
to
be
married
when
Vampa
should
be
twenty
and
Teresa
nineteen
years
of
age
.
They
were
both
orphans
,
and
had
only
their
employers
'
leave
to
ask
,
which
had
been
already
sought
and
obtained
.
One
day
when
they
were
talking
over
their
plans
for
the
future
,
they
heard
two
or
three
reports
of
firearms
,
and
then
suddenly
a
man
came
out
of
the
wood
,
near
which
the
two
young
persons
used
to
graze
their
flocks
,
and
hurried
towards
them
.
When
he
came
within
hearing
,
he
exclaimed
.
'
I
am
pursued
;
can
you
conceal
me
?
'
They
knew
full
well
that
this
fugitive
must
be
a
bandit
;
but
there
is
an
innate
sympathy
between
the
Roman
brigand
and
the
Roman
peasant
and
the
latter
is
always
ready
to
aid
the
former
.
Vampa
,
without
saying
a
word
,
hastened
to
the
stone
that
closed
up
the
entrance
to
their
grotto
,
drew
it
away
,
made
a
sign
to
the
fugitive
to
take
refuge
there
,
in
a
retreat
unknown
to
every
one
,
closed
the
stone
upon
him
,
and
then
went
and
resumed
his
seat
by
Teresa
.
Instantly
afterwards
four
carbineers
,
on
horseback
,
appeared
on
the
edge
of
the
wood
;
three
of
them
appeared
to
be
looking
for
the
fugitive
,
while
the
fourth
dragged
a
brigand
prisoner
by
the
neck
.
The
three
carbineers
looked
about
carefully
on
every
side
,
saw
the
young
peasants
,
and
galloping
up
,
began
to
question
them
.
They
had
seen
no
one
.
'
That
is
very
annoying
,
'
said
the
brigadier
;
for
the
man
we
are
looking
for
is
the
chief
.
'
--
'
Cucumetto
?
'
cried
Luigi
and
Teresa
at
the
same
moment
.