"Then I have found a man!" he cried, with his face on fire.

I gave him my arm and went home with him. We reached the gates of the
Blind Asylum just as some of the wedding guests were returning along
the street, shouting at the top of their voices. He squeezed my hand.

"Shall we start to-morrow?" he asked.

"As soon as we can get some money."

"But we can go on foot. I will beg. I am strong, and you feel young
when you see gold before you."

Facino Cane died before the winter was out after a two months'
illness. The poor man had taken a chill.



PARIS, March 1836.



ADDENDUM

The following personages appear in other stories of the Human Comedy.

Cane, Marco-Facino
Massimilla Doni