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appearedwhenthenewsofChecco'sflighthadbeenbroughthimbutCaterinawassooninformedthathehadtakenrefugeinaDominicanmonastery.Alightsmilebrokeoverherlipsassheremarked,—
'Onewouldratherhaveexpectedhimtotakerefugeinaconvent.'
Thenshesentpeopletohimtoassurehimofhergoodwillandbeghimtojoinher.Thegoodmanturnedpaleattheinvitation,buthedarednotrefuseit.So,comfortinghimselfwiththethoughtthatshedarednotharmthelegateofthePope,heclothedhimselfinallhiscourageandhismostgorgeousrobes,andproceededtothecathedral.
Whenshesawhimshelifteduptwofingersandsaidsolemnly,—
'ThepeaceofGodbeuponyou!'
Then,beforehecouldrecoverhimself,shewenton,—
'Sir,ithasalwaysbeenmyhopethatIshouldsomedaymeetthegentlemanwhosefamehasreachedmeasthemosttalented,mostbeautifulandmostvirtuousofhisda
