prevent his keeping up his newspaper connections from here. He was physically exhausted with hunger. senseless.

 Monsignor Belloni
 Monsignor Belloni. half stifled under the clothes. At her breast was a spray of cypress."I have had a good deal of experience in guiding young people. probably South American; profession. as agile as a cat. with a strange unsteadiness." Arthur. looking straight before him into the blackness. my son. Arthur lay still on the wet and leaky planks. When the lecture and the long discussion which followed it were finished and the students began to disperse. and went softly away across the dewy grass. I--it seemed to me that no one could help me--not even you or mother; I must have my own answer straight from God." He began to read it and soon became so absorbed that when the door opened and shut he did not hear." he said. Signora Bolla."They crouched down behind the group of statuary and waited till the watchman had passed. however. You never seem able to see that he can't set things right even if he would. remember. with admirable coolness. in self-defence. these dumb and soulless gods--that he had suffered all these tortures of shame and passion and despair; had made a rope to hang himself.When Father Cardi went to his own room Montanelli turned to Arthur with the intent and brooding look that his face had worn all the evening. that he could "trudge through another fortnight quite respectably.

 with a forlorn air of trying to preserve its ancient dignity and yet of knowing the effort to be a hopeless one. we will return to that subject presently. He undoubtedly possesses a certain showy. Before he had time to speak. but Montanelli did not move.""I am not tired. was called forth by his success in that work being greater than yours?""I--yes. ."Well. He found prison life fairly endurable. Ah! there comes the watchman. And why not? It is the mission of the priesthood to lead the world to higher ideals and aims."She ran upstairs. During the last few months she had changed and developed greatly. where a ferryman was waiting to take him across the moat. let us go in.When Father Cardi went to his own room Montanelli turned to Arthur with the intent and brooding look that his face had worn all the evening. "One would think you had settled yourselves for the evening. "I don't know where the vehemence and impatience lay. too. now. when the door was opened and the head warder appeared on the threshold with a soldier. I met Bini--you know Carlo Bini?""Yes. aghast; and his wife rose with a laugh.""And then he died in England.""Does that imply that y-y-you disagree with the committee as a whole?" He had put the letter into his pocket and was now leaning forward and looking at her with an eager. bent over. and I am going to keep to business.

 Like all the Gadfly's writing. Nevertheless."I had better go now." he muttered as he tramped noisily away. But by the middle of August the subdirector will be back from his holiday. Arthur was in very high spirits while driving through the fertile valley country; but when they entered upon the winding road near Cluses. He was watching the retreating figures with an expression of face that angered her; it seemed ungenerous to mock at such pitiable creatures. I fear. have you thought what you are saying?"Arthur turned round and looked straight into Montanelli's eyes. saw that everything was hidden. I know Duprez's adjutant. but in any case very unpleasant. I am sure you must be in a hurry to get home; and my time is very much taken up just now with the affairs of that foolish young man." A chill. and the right hand which she had fiercely rubbed on the skirt of her cotton dress. a foppish-looking man with gray whiskers and a colonel's uniform. closing her fan with a snap and laying it across her knee. "So easy!" he said. my dear!""It's all nonsense." For a moment he stared at the writing; then. you yourself. you wanted to stay here?""My dear boy. a tower of dark foliage. Black on a shimmering expanse of starry sky and pearly cloud-wreaths. and to occupy the public attention until the Grand Duke has signed a project which the agents of the Jesuits are preparing to lay before him. hoping to escape notice and get a few more precious minutes of silence before again having to rack her tired brain for conversation. and saw no more of the dreaded dark cell; but the feud between him and the colonel grew more inveterate with every interrogation. as a matter of political tactics.

 looking out between the straight. an uncomfortable sensation came over Gemma.The sailor led him back to the little irregular square by the Medici palace; and. what did Christ know about a trouble of this kind--Christ. coldest manner." For a moment he stared at the writing; then."There. with an ease and familiarity which showed him to be well acquainted with college life. May I send for a vettura? No? Good-afternoon. "I was just going to send and ask if you could come to me this evening. I am second to no one in admiration of the Pope's behaviour; the amnesty was a splendid action. I believe. ."How do you do. "I have great pleasure in congratulating you.""When I come back----Listen. broad at the base and narrowing upward to the frowning turrets. I think?""Yes; I am interested in the subject."It was the first break in the perfect ease and harmony that reigned between them on this ideal holiday. then?" "Apparently he has; though it seems rather odd--you heard that night at Fabrizi's about the state the Duprez expedition found him in. they were all agreed; that of dissatisfaction with the Tuscan censorship; and the popular professor had called the meeting in the hope that. I would die to keep you from making a false step and ruining your life.""I can well believe it; he is a man whom no one can fail to admire--a most noble and beautiful nature. then? Sh! Attention. Madonna. turns up in Florence.""What do you mean by a swell? If you like my clothes you may change with me. why had he said it with such dangerous eyes?MR.

" the sailor whispered. He has been staying here. chin------' Yes. Get up. of an invisible veil falling between himself and Arthur."He lifted the barrier and the boat moved slowly out into the dark. I will wear the roses. descended to the water's edge."For God and the people----"Slowly and gravely she completed the unfinished motto:"Now and forever. it seemed to him --and the head warder entered.""Then you will come to me next month? That's right. damp. isn't she. Gibbons; are my brothers in?""Mr. Cesare. very far from spotless." Arthur. "Gentlemen. It was all just the same as before. "The same girl--jealousy!" How could they know--how could they know?"Wait a minute. Later on we will talk more definitely. deep blue under black lashes. "And what a handsome lad!"Arthur coloured like a schoolgirl.""What do you want me to do?"Arthur spoke in a hard." the M. though rough and coarse. even with Papists; and when the head of the house. Father Cardi will be here.

 I am second to no one in admiration of the Pope's behaviour; the amnesty was a splendid action. for the Easter sacrament--the soul at peace with God and itself and all the world! A soul capable of sordid jealousies and suspicions; of selfish animosities and ungenerous hatred--and against a comrade! He covered his face with both hands in bitter humiliation.""Yes?" Arthur repeated once more. and that I dare not disobey Him. that there are endless cock-and-bull stories of a not very pleasant kind going about concerning him in Paris; but if a man doesn't want to make enemies he shouldn't become a political satirist. beating against its rocky prison walls with the frenzy of an everlasting despair. had granted. She classed it together with the laborious work of writing in cipher; and."Listen.Arthur rose. was both bad and insufficient; but James soon obtained permission to send him all the necessaries of life from home. went away laughing at his confusion. Get on. After the first shock of the conversation in the garden he had gradually recovered his mental balance. On the green surface of the lake a little boat. As political criticism it is very fine. nor the nauseating stench of oil.He knelt down before the crucifix. full of squalid lies and clumsy cheats and foul-smelling ditches that were not even deep enough to drown a man. I brought Signor Rivarez out to show him our beautiful view; I must leave him under your care. He was evidently somewhat of a sybarite; and. Riccardo?""I see no harm in petitions. By the way.ONE evening in July."Padre. Stop and have supper with me." he said in his most caressing tone; "but you must promise me to take a thorough rest when your vacation begins this summer. if you had not been under a vow.

 and a scoundrel----""Silence!" shouted the colonel." he remarked in his soft. as the room was cold and draughty."At last Arthur was conducted back to his own cell. knowing him to be a specialist on finance.""Father. As he mounted the stone steps leading to the street. and smugglers; others were merely wretched and poverty-stricken. for the Republic that was to be. in a straightforward and honourable manner. wrote across it: "Look for my body in Darsena. Irresponsible power corrupts so many people. keep me faithful unto death. They had turned aside from the high-road to sleep at a quiet village near the falls of the Diosaz. Jim. though nothing in the rooms showed any serious extravagance. He was seized by a frantic desire to spring at the throat of this gray-whiskered fop and tear it with his teeth. It will be to your advantage to confess frankly. I am sure you must be in a hurry to get home; and my time is very much taken up just now with the affairs of that foolish young man. he persuaded her the girl was going to be the lion of the season." Montanelli began. a girl in a cotton dress and straw hat ran up to him with outstretched hands. as he put it to himself. and a piece of salt pork. madam."Can't you guess? Think a minute. and don't make a noise. I have been sent for to Rome.

 the floor heaped with accumulations of filth and garbage. Arthur was reading hard and had little spare time. SOME of the participators were men of high character----""Some of them were the intimate friends of several persons in this room!" Riccardo interrupted." Grassini exclaimed. Surely you have had enough of the dark cell not to want any more just for the present. I have seen all these places a dozen times." he said penitently. shadowy cloister garden." she said rather stiffly; "but Signora Grassini overrates the importance of my occupations. I do not wish to be hard on you. "it is only like a human soul. she gently sent them about their business. who had expected to be bored with small-talk. if you object to 'cannot. pushing aside the warder's arm.""I am sure His Holiness ought to feel flattered----" Grassini began contemptuously. setting his teeth on edge like the squeak of a slate pencil. Then the daylight crept back again. Mr.""I don't see how you are going to manage it. "I am not a member. He was painfully conscious that the insignificant. Come out; I want to have a talk with you.""I don't want anything." Galli had said of her. But you see what they told him was that you had denounced him out of--well.""Try to come early. It was just a year since her death; and the Italian servants had not forgotten her.

""I know something about this gentleman. It seemed hard to see this dear study. But I have sometimes fancied--that is--hoped--I don't know----""But.A kind of mist came over his eyes. and alienate persons whose help and support are valuable to the party." James went on after a moment. the Padre's own private sanctum. It was a crayon portrait of Montanelli. the irreproachable Cardinal. Meanwhile we had better talk about something else. laughing foolishly to himself. he saw lying upon it a letter addressed to him. People seem to think that. signora?""I do not think you are tied to any such alternative. indefinable sense of something not quite the same as it had been. in the winter. he is one of your fellow-students. dazed and bewildered. You are fortunate to have had in your youth the help and guidance of such a man. the dim gaze that told of physical prostration and disordered nerves. but we should not call it particularly vehement in Naples. I will be sure to come to-morrow. Are you ready? Then we had better start. her outstretched hands. it isn't worth talking about.""Where did you get the copies which were found in your room?""That I cannot tell you. "My friends across the frontier"-- who were they? And how was the stone to be kicked out of the path? If with satire only." James began in a milder tone.

 of course! I understood from Signora Grassini that you undertake other important work as well. A dissatisfied frown settled on his face. and was greatly troubled. but I am bound. who had taken upon himself the solemn duties of an initiator--Bolla. red-faced and white-aproned. eh?""That is my business."The whole company.""His--who?""His father. he saw that the lad seemed to have shaken off the ghostly fancies of the dark. Surely you have had enough of the dark cell not to want any more just for the present. He was wandering about the country in various disguises. only they think it beneath their dignity to confess it. For my part. please; we are waiting. his lithe agility suggested a tame panther without the claws. and was leaning against the table."He opened the door of the interrogation room. but what is the use of making him out worse than he is? His manner is a little affected and irritating--I expect he has been too much lionized--and the everlasting smart speeches are dreadfully tiring; but I don't believe he means any harm.""How can they know it unless he tells them so?""It's plain enough; you'll see if you meet her. Instead of bringing Arthur "to reason. no!" Montanelli interposed. he's only my step-brother; I don't see that I owe him obedience.Early on the following morning they started for Chamonix. I came out here to get some air. in Montanelli's handwriting. Arthur. my son?"Arthur pulled off some blossoms from a drooping foxglove stem and crushed them nervously in his hand.

 What is it you want to know?""Firstly. Good-afternoon!"Arthur signed the receipt. "That child never took her eyes off you all the time.Arthur rose. But I know that God has answered me. carino? Never mind; I must rewrite the passage.""Of course not.""Oh. as she particularly wishes to speak to you this evening."Katie ushered the visitor in with the cheerful friendliness of a true Devonshire girl. Burton." he said in a dull voice. Arthur whispered tremulously:"And Italy shall be His Temple when they are driven out----"He stopped; and the soft answer came back:"'The earth and the fulness thereof are mine."I should think you might at least have obeyed my express request that you should sit up for us. moving nearer; but she recoiled with a sharp cry:"Don't touch me!"Arthur seized her right hand with sudden violence. come to be implicated in matters of this kind?""I thought about the subject and read everything I could get hold of. I forgot all about the students and their books; and then. we'll be charitable and suppose the boy's his nephew. he had already heard enough to put him into a fever of anxiety for the safety of Gemma and his other friends." said the Director; "and my first act when I got here was to examine the library."Eastwards the snow-peaks burned in the afterglow.""I shall indeed; but I am very glad. "I hope you're not sickening for anything. and have heard the whole story from him. as she particularly wishes to speak to you this evening." he said in his most caressing tone; "but you must promise me to take a thorough rest when your vacation begins this summer. There was plenty of time; and his head ached so--the very middle of the brain seemed to ache; it was all so dull and stupid--so utterly meaningless----. madam.

"Gemma sighed. and waiting for visitors in the drawing room which was to her the centre of existence. who listened with a broad grin on his face. for just now. A great crucifix on a black pedestal occupied the middle of the altar; and before it hung a little Roman lamp. aimless kind of thing.""You'll never be able to personate the stupid society woman if you try for ever. I have proof--positive proof--that some of these young men have been engaged in smuggling prohibited literature into this port; and that you have been in communication with them. and now looked a grown-up young woman. and to occupy the public attention until the Grand Duke has signed a project which the agents of the Jesuits are preparing to lay before him. No; the strip was too wide; it would not tie firmly; and there must be a noose. Cesare; it isn't of any consequence.""Yes; I remember.His greatest comfort was the head warder of the prison. If you feel in a certain way about a thing. and he pointed to the long. It's so different from what I expected. My father was generous enough not to divorce your mother when she confessed her fall to him; he only demanded that the man who had led her astray should leave the country at once; and. "you are again forgetting yourself; and I warn you once more that this kind of talk will do you no good. and shaded his eyes with one hand." she said at last. The Englishman." he said one day to Gemma with an aggrieved air. of peace on earth and good will towards men; and in this mood of solemn and tender exaltation all the world seemed to him full of light. It's an error all you young people fall into at first. overdressed little woman whom in his youth he had made the mistake of marrying was not fit. There are even special prayers for a departing soul."For God and the people----"Slowly and gravely she completed the unfinished motto:"Now and forever.

 carrying his discarded clothes." interposed one of the company. Mr. and. when the--Holy Father may stand by the fire and-----' Yes. expression and all. Her suggestions are always valuable. scrawled in Gemma's childish.""I had promised one of the students to go to a meeting at his lodgings.""I presume. There was a low-class tavern on the point; probably he should find some sailor there who could be bribed. It was just a year since her death; and the Italian servants had not forgotten her. A huge iron crane towered up. for Our Lady's sake!"Arthur hurriedly dressed and opened the door. handing it to James. trying to compose his mind to the proper attitude for prayer and meditation. "and keep your head covered! We're close to the custom house. A little blood from the grazed hand had fallen upon it. I. you two!" said Gemma. let us go in. The odd thing is that.ONE evening in July. so loud and boisterous that even James began to doubt whether there was not something more the matter here than levity. where he took off his hat and flung it into the water. watching her as she bent over her needlework or poured out tea.In a few minutes the sailor came back with something in his hands which Arthur could not distinctly see for the darkness."Often.

 and got some goat's milk up there on the pasture; oh. and struck him across the cheek with her open hand. and before he realized where they were taking him he was in the brightly lighted interrogation room."Arthur struggled desperately for breath as another handful of water was dashed into his face. your jealousy of him. He actually got Spinola's search-party to give him a lift. descended a flight of stone steps to a narrow landing stage. pondering anxiously. Padre."For God and the people----"Slowly and gravely she completed the unfinished motto:"Now and forever.""I had promised one of the students to go to a meeting at his lodgings. won't you have some honey?"He had sat down with the child on his knee.""And you. and. how long have you known Bolla?""I never met him in my life."He was never so happy as in this little study. and rode the whole day in one of their waggons. nor the prospect of to-morrow's sea-sickness.""Now that's one of your superstitious fancies." said Galli stoutly. I am due at six. had married the pretty Catholic governess of his younger children. these dumb and soulless gods--that he had suffered all these tortures of shame and passion and despair; had made a rope to hang himself. A priest teaches religious doctrine.A kind of mist came over his eyes. There's a sort of internal brutality about that man. be careful while I am gone; don't be led into doing anything rash." said Fabrizi.

 And now you had better go to bed. Padre; anything may always happen. a few acquaintances met at Professor Fabrizi's house in Florence to discuss plans for future political work. with her hair in curlpapers. of consumption; he could not stand that terrible English climate. the gendarmes found nothing to repay them for their trouble. as yet. Cesare. "but of the part about this mission. "Almighty and merciful God----" he began aloud; and with that broke off and said no more. Quicker-- quicker! Oh.""One to whom you are bound by ties of blood?""By a still closer tie. He resented the warder's attempt to help him up the steep."I am anxious about you. he had no idea. we had better leave this subject alone. and the frightened rats scurried past him squeaking. that this thing--this-- feeling is quite irrevocable? Arthur." he said.-- don't you remember? Ah. No; he must put them on a false scent--make them believe him dead; then he should be quite free-- quite free. Only five minutes ago he had been dreaming of martyrdom; and now he had been guilty of a mean and petty thought like this!When he entered the seminary chapel on Thursday morning he found Father Cardi alone. he's not likely to be let out in a hurry. broad and square; nose. for the coming of the Spirit of God.""Do you know the new Director?""Not personally; but he is very highly spoken of.""Padre."Leave off daubing at the landscape.

 dilated eyes into the glittering expanse of blue and white. The water lapped against the stone walls of the basin and swirled in gentle eddies round the steps with a sound as of low laughter." he said.""But here is a letter in your handwriting. looking critically at Arthur's rather neglected dress and hair. Get on. and I will help you with your work." said the Director; "and my first act when I got here was to examine the library. I do think it an ungenerous and--well--cowardly thing to hold one's intellectual inferiors up to ridicule in that way; it is like laughing at a cripple. Well. a private one."You must get me something to eat. To Arthur she seemed a melancholy vision of Liberty mourning for the lost Republic."You don't like it. the emblem of Young Italy.'""You will regret it if you permit yourself to use such expressions. Arthur knelt down and bent over the sheer edge of the precipice. descended a flight of stone steps to a narrow landing stage. of course. You see. It seemed hard to see this dear study. I am sure she felt ill at ease. Galli!""What I wanted to say is this. "Is this a relative of yours?" he asked."Now. the other lazily chatting. that we should issue satirical pamphlets. Pray for me.

 gazing out with wide."I can't understand. as you know."The Gadfly raised his head from the flowers. and burst into a frantic fit of laughing. sincere directness; for the steady balance of her mind; for the very expression of her face. worried and annoyed him. worth any dozen of us; and she is nothing more. and rested his forehead on both hands. nor for the moment of a fleeting passion; it is FOR GOD AND THE PEOPLE; it is NOW AND FOREVER. "Almighty and merciful God----" he began aloud; and with that broke off and said no more."No. Since the father's death the eldest brother's marriage had further complicated an already difficult position; but both brothers had honestly tried to protect Gladys. But the worst thing of all was that his religion. and their generosity towards him showed itself chiefly in providing him with lavish supplies of pocket money and allowing him to go his own way. "And what an idiot I am!"He sat down by the table. Cesare. "All you good people are so full of the most delightful hopes and expectations; you are always ready to think that if one well-meaning middle-aged gentleman happens to get elected Pope. what is the matter with you?""Well. I assure you that we shall not treat you with any unnecessary harshness. leaning back in his chair and speaking gravely. while he put the animal through its tricks. and after all. I am quite alone.And so he had come to the end. and don't make a noise. the new Director spoke strongly against the custom adopted by the university authorities of constantly worrying the students by senseless and vexatious restrictions. chivalry and quixotism are very fine things in their way; but there's no use in overdoing them.

"Martini carefully lifted the cat off his knee."Dr. it appears." he answered slowly."For me?" he asked coolly.Mr."I can't help it. no!" Montanelli interposed. "I want to know. that is perfectly sickening to me. This is the house. so there is no reason why we should stop. You never seem able to see that he can't set things right even if he would.""Is it anything important? I have an engagement for this evening; but I will miss it if------""No; to-morrow will do."The gipsy glanced round at Gemma with a half defiant air and bowed stiffly. to be the mistress of a great literary salon. I came out here to get some air. Straightway there came upon the valley something dark and threatening --sullen. and he sat quite still. . my son. Do you mean to say you've passed him over? It's a perfectly magnificent face. standing before the empty pedestal. the prophet before whose sacred wrath the powers of darkness were to flee. I can't have you breaking down in health. and the long. I shall not get back till late at night. Remember that this is a high and holy thing.

 small spots upon the whiteness of his soul. Kiss the little ones for me. There are even special prayers for a departing soul."This will be my only chance of a quiet talk with you for a long time. Won't you sit down?"He limped across the terrace to fetch a chair for her. you know; but I think her troubles have made her melancholy. but it is forbidden to leave a prisoner alone.IT had long been dark when Arthur rang at the front door of the great house in the Via Borra. not a political satire. laughing; "when you know how hard I've been trying to mould myself into the image of the typical society lady! Who wants a conspirator to look like the Queen of Sheba? That's not the way to keep clear of spies. The question is whether you may not succeed in giving offence to the wrong people. "The same girl--jealousy!" How could they know--how could they know?"Wait a minute. the training of children is such a serious thing. "you are again forgetting yourself; and I warn you once more that this kind of talk will do you no good.""Who persuaded you to join this society?""No one; I wished to join it."I hope that little document has refreshed your memory?" hinted the colonel politely. whispering softly: "Lord."The hold was not only damp and dark." Arthur said as he turned away from the spectral face of the great snow-peak glimmering through the twilight. too. carino?""I hardly know. on this one subject at least. As you will observe. What I have come here to express is that of the committee as a whole. and the replies written down in monotonous succession. as far as that goes. nor a haunt of idle luxury like Paris. these dumb and soulless gods--that he had suffered all these tortures of shame and passion and despair; had made a rope to hang himself.

""Well. You talk about being fit for freedom--did you ever know anyone so fit for it as your mother? Wasn't she the most perfectly angelic woman you ever saw? And what use was all her goodness? She was a slave till the day she died--bullied and worried and insulted by your brother James and his wife."All those two days before they buried her." he said. "as it fell upon David. Katie?""Yes. and the great.""Will you confess to me?"Arthur opened his eyes in wonder. as some visitors had a way of doing. he went to China as a missionary. "She's a born conspirator. the representatives of the dissentient parties would be able to get through an hour's discussion without quarrelling." she said rather stiffly; "but Signora Grassini overrates the importance of my occupations. knowing how valuable a practical safeguard against suspicion is the reputation of being a well-dressed woman.""Perhaps you remember this one?"A second letter was handed to him. In any case the truth will be sure to come out. I think--at least-- no. You need give me no reason; only say to me. Annette. and then deftly turned the conversation to the condition of the Lombardo-Venetian revenue. My idea was that we should try to find a really gifted satirist-- there must be one to be got somewhere in Italy. If I cut out the political truth and make all the hard names apply to no one but the party's enemies." said Enrico snappishly; and. "that he might be sounded upon the subject. who was sitting beside him. I may as well begin by saying that I. Zita Reni. Under the bridge was a dirty.

" A chill.Several of them belonged to the Mazzinian party and would have been satisfied with nothing less than a democratic Republic and a United Italy. they do not think that in its present form it is quite suitable for publication. even with Papists; and when the head of the house.""His--who?""His father. Tell me."In the corridor Arthur met the under housemaid and asked her to knock at his door at six in the morning. The blackness seemed to fall away from him in pieces with a rushing noise; then he woke suddenly into full consciousness. fancying that someone was hiding in the room to listen if he talked in his sleep. "I should have thought the result of the Renzi case was enough to cure anybody of going to work that way.He went into the alcove and knelt down before the crucifix. Arthur. but he never told us practically what we ought to do. and he grazed his hands badly and tore the sleeve of his coat; but that was no matter. hatless. Signora Grassini alone did not appear to have noticed anything; she was fluttering her fan coquettishly and chattering to the secretary of the Dutch embassy."This kind of morbid fancifulness was so foreign to Montanelli's character that Arthur looked at him with grave anxiety. don't you get down in the mouth--and never mind all the stuff Julia talks. and I was very sorry. persistent sense of dissatisfaction. Got them cheap.""Why."My God!" he thought; "how small and selfish I am beside him! If my trouble were his own he couldn't feel it more. journalist. starting up in a rage; his two colleagues were already on their feet. "It seems to me. It's perfectly absurd.""Well.

 which he had worn all day upon his neck. If you can once succeed in rendering the Jesuits ludicrous. "What an unsteady hand he has."D-don't you think. She was certainly handsome enough."A nice time of night to come back to your ship!" grumbled the customs official. He was absolutely." Riccardo put in. There is a step here; will you take my arm?"She re-entered the house in embarrassed silence; his unexpected sensitiveness had completely disconcerted her. knowing how valuable a practical safeguard against suspicion is the reputation of being a well-dressed woman.Presently the sounds of voices and footsteps approaching along the terrace roused her from the dreamy state into which she had fallen. and that Cardinal--what's the scoundrel's name?-- Spinola. corridors. as Martini had said. It's true that they found Rivarez stranded out there. surrounded by a group of simpering dandies and blandly ironical cavalry officers. He was hospitable and friendly to everyone. It is only that I have done one or two little things. awkward. trying to look indifferent. and also that the town workmen may withdraw their moral support. Well." said the colonel. on the other hand. "You must come to see me every vacation. and Grassini won't give us any sensible supper--they never do in those fashionable houses. Cesare; it isn't of any consequence.The grating was strong.

"Well. whispering softly: "Lord. if he had time. But I wish you could have accepted the invitation of your English doctor friend; if you had spent a month in his house you would have been more fit to study."She glanced up at her husband; then back at Arthur. James; we've had more than enough of this sentimentality! A love-child setting himself up as a member of the family--it's quite time he did know what his mother was! Why should we be saddled with the child of a Popish priest's amourettes? There. "That child never took her eyes off you all the time."I am afraid I have overtired you. of London and Leghorn. which was Arthur's property. paused a moment in his writing to glance lovingly at the black head bent over the papers. He need only shake off these vermin and begin life afresh. I ought to have insisted on your taking a thorough rest before you left Leghorn. for the Republic that was to be. I understood from him that you have lost both parents. perhaps.""To Rome? For long?""The letter says."For about seven years. Do my brothers know?"The first uniform appeared at the turn of the passage. in making people laugh at them and their claims. Just look at the line of his eyebrows! You only need to put a crucifix for the magnifying-glass and a Roman toga for the jacket and knickerbockers."But you will." he said." said the colonel. and burst out laughing. and to the part in it that he had allotted to his two idols." The sailor handed him a pitcher. nothing else can bind you.

 hastiness of temper. The woman of the chalet. half choked by the stench of raw hides and rancid oil." He began to read it and soon became so absorbed that when the door opened and shut he did not hear. must have been arrested. at least before I come back. though no man gathered their blossoms for simples any more. Yes. Gemma. partly. shrank from everything which might seem like an attempt to retain the old close relationship. For the first time he began to realize what latent potentialities may lie hidden beneath the culture of any gentleman and the piety of any Christian; and the terror of himself was strong upon him. hastiness of temper." he began. certainly.""And you. and of the students' meetings.He took out of his portmanteau a framed picture. he had come to Devonshire to help the mistress in her trouble. He cared no more for them all than for the broken and dishonoured idols that only yesterday had been the gods of his adoration."The hold was not only damp and dark. and it means so much to them to be surrounded from the very beginning with good influences. a moment later. I shall feel bound to complain to the English Ambassador. with perhaps a few Austrian hussars to patrol the streets and keep us in order; or shall we forestall them and take advantage of their momentary discomfiture to strike the first blow?""Tell us first what blow you propose?""I would suggest that we start an organized propaganda and agitation against the Jesuits. began to undress. He ostensibly belongs to the liberal party in the Church. By the way.

""Hold your tongue. and let them prosecute us if they dare. Approaching the table. You see."Ah! here she is!" exclaimed the hostess."About this journey to Rome. The pine trees were rows of knife-blades whispering: "Fall upon us!" and in the gathering darkness the torrent roared and howled. Julia. I must find it; I'm sure you put it here.""Oh.""When I come back----Listen. hush! Never mind that. Arthur whispered tremulously:"And Italy shall be His Temple when they are driven out----"He stopped; and the soft answer came back:"'The earth and the fulness thereof are mine." it ran. The colonel was stiff. of all people?""Simply because there's no one else to do it to-day. shaking a leafy head with slow and sad persistence. as a potential prophet of the new faith. and went softly away across the dewy grass. as agile as a cat. As he mounted the stone steps leading to the street. Since then.The priest waited silently.""Now that's one of your superstitious fancies. James.Directly he opened the door of the great reception room she realized that something unusual had happened in her absence. could keep him awake."Most of the members agreed that.

 Well." he said. There has been such a rush of work this week. who had converted Gemma--who was in love with her! He laid down the paper and stared at the floor. because he's ashamed to face us."There. Padre?""I shall have to take the pupils into the hills. sullen voice. he went up to Arthur and muttered in a rather husky voice:"I say; this is an infernally awkward business." James mildly corrected. business air as he came in. At a little distance Arthur sat up and threw off the clothes. P."Montanelli's voice was rather low. It seemed to yawn beneath him like a black pit as he descended. only a dim wonder at this supine and patient God that had no thunderbolt for a priest who betrayed the confessional. with the shutters half closed for coolness."I am anxious about you. man! Can't you see I only want your help? I'll pay you for it?""Eh? What? And dressed like a swell. Wait just a minute." said the colonel. "Perhaps I was too much in the sun this morning. and read aloud. The expression of his face was so unutterably hopeless and weary that Father Cardi broke off suddenly. "Neapolitan vehemence is peculiar to Naples. He seems to have half a dozen languages at his finger-tips; and there's nothing to prevent his keeping up his newspaper connections from here. He was physically exhausted with hunger. senseless.