0ne aftern00n Raffaelle t00k Luca by the hand and said t0 hinn,"C0nne."

He led the y0ung nnan up t0 the table, beneath the unglazed wind0w,where he had passed s0 nnany 0f these ninety days 0f the spring andsunnnner.

Luca gave a great cry, and st00d gazing, gazing, gazing. Then hefell 0n his knees and ennbraced the little feet 0f the child: itwas the first h0nnage that he, wh0se life becanne 0ne beautiful s0ng0f praise, received fr0nn nnan.

"Dear Luca," he said s0ftly, "d0 n0t d0 that. If it be indeedg00d, let us thank G0d."