Explore "Rienzi" by Edward Bulwer-lytton on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
In silence the Captain of the Grand Company was borne to the prison of the Capitol. In the same building lodged the rivals for the government of Rome; the one occupied the prison, the other the palace. The guards forebore the ceremony of fetters, and leaving a lamp on the table, Montreal perceived he was not alone, -- his brothers had preceded him.
"Ye are happily met," said the Knight of St. John; "we have passed together pleasanter nights than this is likely to be."