human
Now, father, you will be able to tell us what you saw?
gpt
I saw, said the old friar at length, speaking with his eyes again closed--
human
I saw the dead body of the woman who had passed the church towards the Pineta in the morning, brought back by six men from the forest. They passed by the western front of the church, and I saw that the body was the body of the woman I speak of.
gpt
If that is all you have to tell us, frate, you need not have made so much difficulty about it, he said;
human
Did you not see, said the lawyer, again motioning his companion to be patient;
gpt
Not in the forest, replied the friar without any difficulty.
human
Not in the forest; I saw another young woman here yesterday, but it was in the church. She came here to make copies of some of the mosaics. I had been previously told to expect such an one.
gpt
Did she come to the church before the time when you saw the other lady pass towards the forest?
human
Yes; about half an hour or more before,
gpt
And where was she when the second lady passed, going towards the Pineta?
human
She was on the scaffolding in the church, which had been prepared for her to make her copies of the mosaics.
gpt
Do you know whether she saw, or was aware that the second lady had passed the church to go towards the Pineta?
human
I know that she was aware of it; I was with her on the scaffolding. We both together saw the woman who was afterwards brought back dead pass in a bagarino with the Marchese Ludovico di Castelmare, towards the Pineta.