and the citizens honoured their deliverers with a torchlight procession longer and more impressive than any that had ever been seen before.
Meanwhile, old Beppo was tossing and turning, unable to sleep.
The more he thought about what lay ahead, the more clearly he perceived its dangers. He wouldn't let Guido and Momo brave them alone.
He would stand by them whatever happened - that went without saying - but he must at least attempt to dissuade them.
By three the next afternoon, the amphitheater resounded to excited cries and the hum of many voices.
Although it saddened Momo that none of her grown-up friends had appeared - except, of course, for Beppo and Guido -
some fifty or sixty children had come from near and far.
They were all shapes and sizes, rich and poor, well-behaved and rowdy.
Some, like Maria, were holding younger members of the family by the hand or in their arms -
tiny little children who sucked their thumbs and gazed wide-eyed at this unusual gathering.
Franco, Paolo and Massimo were there too, naturally, but most of the other children were relative newcomers to the amphitheater,
and they had a special interest in the subject under discussion.
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