"
She shivered and turned away.
"You are disappointed in me?" he said, looking
up with a smile.
"No; not exactly that. I am--I think--a little
afraid of you."
She turned round after a moment and said in
her ordinary business voice:
"This is an unprofitable discussion. Our standpoints
are too different. For my part, I believe
in propaganda, propaganda, and propaganda; and
when you can get it, open insurrection."
"Then let us come back to the question of my
plan; it has something to do with propaganda and
more with insurrection."
"Yes?"
"As I tell you, a good many volunteers are going
from the Romagna to join the Venetians.
We do not know yet how soon the insurrection
will break out. It may not be till the autumn
or winter; but the volunteers in the Apennines
must be armed and ready, so that they may be
able to start for the plains directly they are
sent for. I have undertaken to smuggle the
firearms and ammunition on to Papal territory for
them----"
"Wait a minute.
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