Excerpt from The Bethrothed: I Promessi Sposi Scarcely was the ceremony of taking the religious habit completed, when the guardian told him that he must keep his novitiate at sixty miles distant, and that he must leave the next day. The novice bowed respectfully, and requested a favour of him. 'allow me, Father, ' said he, 'before I quit the city where I have shed the blood of a fellow-creature, and leave a family justly offended with me, to make what satisfaction I can by at least confessing my sorrow, begging forgiveness of the brother of the de ceased, and so removing, please God, the enmity he feels towards me.' The guardian, thinking that such an act, besides being good in itself, would also serve still more to reconcile the family to the convent, instantly repaired to the offended Signor's house, and communicated to him Friar Cristoforo's request. The Signor, greatly surprised at so unexpected a proposal, felt a rising of anger, mingled per haps with complacency, and after thinking a moment, Let him come to-morrow, ' said he, mentioning the hour, and the Superior returned to the monastery to acquaint the novice with the desired permission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.