The country of The ring and the book . 5 rn d I > S o -, w I x ~ I I XII GUIDOs ARREST THE street was now in an uproar. Windowswere being thrown open and people were pour-ing out of every door. The alarm had reachedthe Corso, so that passers-by were running down theVia Vittoria to the house at the corner. The five made a dash for the Piazza del Popolo,gained the gate, and sped for their lives along thestraight unlovely road that leads to the Ponte made first of all for the house in the vineyard,where they had been hiding, and then took the ViaCassia, intending to make all speed
The country of The ring and the book . 5 rn d I > S o -, w I x ~ I I XII GUIDOs ARREST THE street was now in an uproar. Windowswere being thrown open and people were pour-ing out of every door. The alarm had reachedthe Corso, so that passers-by were running down theVia Vittoria to the house at the corner. The five made a dash for the Piazza del Popolo,gained the gate, and sped for their lives along thestraight unlovely road that leads to the Ponte made first of all for the house in the vineyard,where they had been hiding, and then took the ViaCassia, intending to make all speed for the Tuscanfrontier and Arezzo. They might have gone by the ViaFlaminia through Castelnuovo, but the road they selectedwas the better of the two, since it led at once to theopen Campagna and was but little frequented. Guido had made one mistake. He had providedno horses for the journey home, and, moreover, had notobtained the official permit, without which post-horsescould not be secured on the road. He stopped at thefirst inn upon
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