one o’clock
Benedetto made the journey in the arms of the gardener and of one of the men-servants ; he was wrapped in blankets , and held the Crucifix in his hands . His delight at once more finding himself in his poor little room was so great that all thought he was improving . But still the thermometer rose . After one o'clock the thermometer registered thirty-nine . Don Clemente had arrived at half-past ten . The Selvas and di Leyni joined the group of people who were waiting for them in the avenue of orange-trees . They were all laymen save one , a young priest from the Abruzzo .