Chapter 20: Come

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌⁠In a small Italian town not far from Rome, a traveller stood listening to an account of a battle lately fought near by, in which the town had suffered much, yet been forever honored in the eyes of its inhabitants, by having been the headquarters of the Hero of Italy. An inquiry of the traveller's concerning a countryman of whom he was in search, created a sensation at the little inn, and elicited