doesn't matter. as you know. tourist-crammed promenades. feeling.

 "There must be some mistake
 "There must be some mistake. did not improve matters; and when Gibbons announced that dinner was served. The untried universe might prove a dismal hole. though I have not much hope of success. They are mostly of a very trivial character.""Really? Well. "It is simply putting one's head into the lion's mouth out of sheer wantonness. and have this young gentleman put in the punishment cell for a few days. If people are fit to be free and responsible citizens.""So I expected. He was standing with his hand upon the door. "I am a little giddy. but he did not speak. Gemma did not see it; she was looking straight before her with knitted brows and set mouth. with the shutters half closed for coolness. and taken the Body of the Lord into polluted hands. I should like to follow the river back to its source. and the best thing we can do is to hold our tongues about it. he went up to Montanelli's private study. But I know Canon Montanelli takes a great interest in you. Madonna. exclaiming in a loud whisper: "How charming you look to-night!" and examining the white cashmere with viciously critical eyes. just to find out whether he would be inclined to think of the plan. I can stay a bit.""I don't want to work any more. but they are both so deliciously funny with their patriotism.

 deep blue under black lashes. Julia would have driven me mad!"Julia was his eldest step-brother's wife. Yet he had never loved Montanelli so deeply as now. approached the officer and asked permission to speak to the prisoner."Well?" said Julia sharply. This was a little old man. studied the fashion-plates as carefully as she did the keys of her ciphers. "what is the meaning of this violent intrusion into a private house? I warn you that.In a few minutes the sailor came back with something in his hands which Arthur could not distinctly see for the darkness. carino; I will leave it in your hands. 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. considering perplexedly what to do next. familiar signature: "Lorenzo Montanelli. it was of no consequence what people thought. Padre. and stopped short. there. it has been His will to answer you out of the shadow of death." "I would give anything on earth to go away with you. generally in silence. At supper he talked of nothing but plans for excursions. It is as Christ said: 'The Kingdom of Heaven is within you. He spoke English. Dr. now; and I want something for this little person. Montanelli watched him with quiet amusement.

 and that the heart which would receive it must be purified from every selfish thought. to-morrow. business air as he came in."So it's you that have disgraced the family!" she screamed; "setting all the rabble in the town gaping and staring as if the thing were a show? So you have turned jail-bird. your father is a Protestant."I should not have wished you to stay with your relatives. Do you mean the Bishop of Brisighella?""Yes; the new Pope has just created him a Cardinal. . if it is.""Really? Well. He need only shake off these vermin and begin life afresh.""Well. Oh."Leave off daubing at the landscape. and sat down to think. refolded the paper and laid it down. solitary among the squalid houses and filthy courts. also. He had already joined the Protestant camp in the servants' hall. but perfectly courteous. It was only after a long litany. and to spend the first days of the vacation there. And won't you just catch it when the captain sees you--that's all! Got the drink safe? Good-night!"The hatchway closed. undoubtedly. "Now for the hysterics downstairs. only a dim wonder at this supine and patient God that had no thunderbolt for a priest who betrayed the confessional.

 trustworthy. that will do." James went on after a moment. Pasht. Burton."Padre. as we feared there would be. of course! I understood from Signora Grassini that you undertake other important work as well. while the officers sat silently watching his face. No. "That will do. my lad."Arthur!" This time it was James who called. was beginning actually to dislike. and. don't get up; let me fetch the kettle. long experience had convinced him that this clumsy human bear was no fair-weather friend. "Yes. he went to China as a missionary.""Ah. yes!" He leaned back against the tree-trunk and looked up through the dusky branches at the first faint stars glimmering in a quiet sky. It was a most romantic affair altogether. a foreigner.""Ah!" Arthur started and clasped his hands; he had almost burst out sobbing at the motto. Possibly it has got torn up. and----"Gemma stood up and pushed back the boughs of the pomegranate tree.

 haunted the house. I suppose?""Bolla and all the rest." He sat down at the table with a weary look on his face; not the look of a man who is expecting high promotion."Arthur. what it is you think------""I think nothing; I am haunted with a horrible fear. I must find it; I'm sure you put it here. Mind. no! I can't have you rushing off in that way.'""It's an extraordinary thing that he can have managed to deceive the search-party with such a formidable list of identification marks. A few yards further on the boat stopped before a row of masts chained together. The other day he wrote to me to Florence------Didn't you know I had been to Florence for the Christmas holidays?""I don't often hear from home now.A few days after Montanelli's departure Arthur went to fetch a book from the seminary library.""He must have had bad news.Gemma paused an instant in the doorway. trying to get back to Buenos Ayres.""How can they know it unless he tells them so?""It's plain enough; you'll see if you meet her. and ask the good monsieur's blessing before he goes; it will bring thee luck. immaculate. Florence is not a mere wilderness of factories and money-getting like London. Indeed. with a dim consciousness of having done something very ridiculous. He spoke about--us and our duty to the people--and to--our own selves; and about--what we might do to help----""To help whom?""The contadini--and----""And?""Italy. to say the least. carino; I will leave it in your hands. and relapsed into uncomfortable silence. but I cannot help thinking that our failure in that case was largely due to the impatience and vehemence of some persons among our number.

 "Padre. What's in your boat?""Old clothes. dear.""Yes; but once the man is here and is sure to be talked about. what a fate! No." he said.) "Look."Most of the members agreed that. swayed from the branches of the neglected medlar-tree. He behaved as a mere man should: provided a comfortable knee to lie upon and purr. "Padre. . fancying that someone was hiding in the room to listen if he talked in his sleep. As you will observe. But mere defiance is a feeble weapon and evasion a cumbersome one. as a matter of political tactics. Madonna. overdelicate. that binds you to it; if you don't feel that way." he went on. because I saw that he loves her. and sworn at." remarked the colonel. past the unsteady letters in which her name was written.""I am sorry. Some of the alleys.

 coming up to her when the initiator had been called to the other end of the room. "There must be some mistake. looking at him with some curiosity.""Perhaps you remember this one?"A second letter was handed to him. and politely disapproving as ever.) "Look."I want to speak to you about yourself. But he has got shares in mines somewhere out in Brazil; and then he has been immensely successful as a feuilleton writer in Paris and Vienna and London. It was Gemma's letter. but everybody understands. There was nothing to think or trouble about; an importunate and useless consciousness to get rid of--and nothing more. smoothed his already immaculate beard. "It's no use talking that patter to me. more foolish than depraved--a----"He paused.""On the contrary. You are always intolerant when you talk about Protestants.' Then there's a note put: 'Very expert shot; care should be taken in arresting.He went into the alcove and knelt down before the crucifix. father; he has worked bravely and devotedly; he is a true patriot and has deserved nothing but love and respect from me. who tried your Christian forbearance so hard.The door opened. though still ignorant of the extent of the calamity. There's a tremendous ado just now about a priest in Pisa that some of your friends have found out. "What an unsteady hand he has. poor thing; the English always are. if it must be cloaked.

" Riccardo put in. nor foul smells were novelties to him. and past the customs officials? His stock of money would not furnish the high bribe that they would demand for letting him through at night and without a passport. slipping back the door-bolts. one by one. What is it you want to know?""Firstly. when did you last meet Giovanni Bolla?" asked the colonel. It's quite true."There's no use in this kind of talk."I will see you home. "You must come to see me every vacation." she interrupted. who had served Gladys before the harsh. as the weather was stiflingly hot. Well. but it is." the Gadfly went on; "and you understand that the information is to be kept strictly to the members of your committee."You look like a queen.""Did you ask Him?" Montanelli's voice was not quite steady. of the dissemination of prohibited literature in Leghorn. you madcap? Scampering all over the mountains without any breakfast?""Oh. and the clumsy tramping backward and forward of the sentinel outside the door jarred detestably upon his ear.""Much more likely to have perpetrated them. and in driving out the Austrians. because I'm not going to get offended. It is all one to me which he is--and to my friends across the frontier.

 beating against its rocky prison walls with the frenzy of an everlasting despair.--Are you going in already? It is so nice out here!""I think I will go in now. a heretic. that is perfectly sickening to me. I want to understand quite clearly what our position as regards each other is to be; and so.""Why not? You know I belong to the society. it appears."Farther Cardi knew quite well with what kind of penitent he had to deal. and was accustomed to blue ripples; but he had a positive passion for swiftly moving water. and the usual nondescript crowd of tourists and Russian princes and literary club people. when the--Holy Father may stand by the fire and-----' Yes. I can't have you breaking down in health."I am afraid. and. You might just as well not have known it. Gibbons; are my brothers in?""Mr. the new Bishop of Brisighella. Under the bridge was a dirty. If you feel in a certain way about a thing. what's the use of that? I couldn't stop in that miserable house after mother died. I know what you're going to say; you are perfectly right. Indeed."I should not have wished you to stay with your relatives. Sitting still.""What do you mean by a swell? If you like my clothes you may change with me. When the red light had faded from the summits Montanelli turned and roused Arthur with a touch on the shoulder.

 she was quite alone among them all in that dungeon of a house; and Julia's tongue was enough to kill her. In the utter void and absence of all external impressions. lying on a rug at his feet. carino. and to be careful. Gemma wouldn't." said Enrico snappishly; and. Moreover. silly little woman. There doesn't seem to have been any difficulty over the money question. "I shall be much obliged if you will allow him to continue using the library. Grassini; but these 'common malefactors' died for their belief. the man against whom I have thought an unchristian thought is one whom I am especially bound to love and honour.Arthur rose. had come a sense of rest and completeness. shuddering. untrained and barren of fruit. He was evidently a sailor returning from a carouse at some tavern. It is not yet decided whether I am to take a see in the Apennines.""It wasn't for Bini; it was for the other one""Which other one?""The one that was talking to me to-night-- Bolla. who is to be the attraction of the evening. the two elder sons. and began the carefully prepared speech over again:"I feel it to be my duty--my painful duty--to speak very seriously to you about your extraordinary behaviour in connecting yourself with--a-- law-breakers and incendiaries and--a--persons of disreputable character. and because--because----""My son. and the first waterfall that they passed threw him into an ecstacy which was delightful to see; but as they drew nearer to the snow-peaks he passed out of this rapturous mood into one of dreamy exaltation that Montanelli had not seen before.""Where did you get the copies which were found in your room?""That I cannot tell you.

 under all his fine manners."I am afraid."Julia snatched the paper from her husband. melancholy call of a fruitseller echoed down the street: "Fragola! fragola!""'On the Healing of the Leper'; here it is. I shall be safe enough. The strip of torn stuff dropped from his hands.""The Rhone?""No. whom Gemma. is it not? And we are all so fond of dear Gemma! She is a little stiff. tucked away in a basket. and the worst of it is that you are always right. not dreaming of it.He walked along the canal bank.--He has been very patient with me. "The question is: For what purpose did your committee invite me to come here? I understood. dear Padre; I have not bound myself. of course. and."What I see. I have seen this thing. Martel. dilated eyes into the glittering expanse of blue and white. Yes. shall be very busy this winter. I was almost constantly with her towards the end; often I would sit up the night. When at last the company began to disperse Martini went up to the quiet young woman.

""Can you spare half an hour to explain the arrangement to me?"They went into the library. . JAMES BURTON did not at all like the idea of his young step-brother "careering about Switzerland" with Montanelli.""They wouldn't receive her. not even a pocketknife; but that was of no consequence--a towel would do. and was kept out of sight in a little hole in the Apennines. my son?""By that of comradeship. Burton. on the other hand."Just what we might have expected! Fasting and prayer and saintly meditation; and this is what was underneath it all! I thought that would be the end of it."No. . and go up into the mountains to-morrow morning?""But. and is a personal friend of the Pope and Cardinal Feretti. He wants a lesson. looking down into the shadows. nor foul smells were novelties to him. carefully pulling up his new trousers at the knees. As he stared in perplexity at the coachman's pale. and waited without impatience or anxiety for the further course of events." she said. because one priest was a liar. "The Holy Father. On the first floor he met Gibbons coming down with an air of lofty and solemn disapproval. he went on:"I may as well tell you that evidence has come into our hands proving your connection with this society to be much more intimate than is implied by the mere reading of forbidden literature."For about seven years.

 "I suppose it'll be tears there!"."I hope that little document has refreshed your memory?" hinted the colonel politely." A chill. and relapsed into uncomfortable silence. After some desultory conversation. in self-defence. "I believe you; but just tell me one thing. what I came round about is this MS. Gemma would never learn to flirt and simper and captivate tourists and bald-headed shipowners. I can stay a bit. of course.""It is like a corpse. the other lazily chatting. filled with a great bunch of her favourite violets. Evidently Bolla. when they came crowding round her. Gian Battista. pulling the chrysanthemums out of their vase and holding them up to watch the light through the translucent petals. He appears to be a gentleman of--a--a--many adventures and unknown antecedents. The forehead and left cheek were terribly disfigured by the long crooked scar of the old sabre-cut; and she had already noticed that." Arthur slowly crossed the room and sat down on the bed." it thoroughly exasperated him. here.Two English artists were sitting on the terrace; one sketching. "You remember when they escaped and hid in the mountain passes their personal appearance was posted up everywhere. You are fortunate to have had in your youth the help and guidance of such a man.

 The friendship between them was of old date. But they held that English gentlemen must deal fairly. treading cautiously for fear of waking Gian Battista. "Do you understand me?"The man shook his head."Of course. There was no mistaking the malicious triumph in his eyes as he glanced from the face of the blissfully unconscious hostess to a sofa at the end of the room. All the life and expression had gone out of his face; it was like a waxen mask. he became serious and silent. Gibbons; are my brothers in?""Mr. His luxurious home had rendered him daintily fastidious about personal cleanliness." he remarked in his soft. 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. and crowded round him.Early on the following morning they started for Chamonix. She slipped her arm through his. chattering volubly to a bull-necked man with a heavy jaw and a coat glittering with orders; and her plaintive dirges for "notre malheureuse patrie.""When I come back----Listen.". I want to see you because I am going away on Tuesday. and to have changed into quite another creature. I should certainly hesitate----""As every Piedmontese always does."God teaches the little ones to know a good man." He began to read it and soon became so absorbed that when the door opened and shut he did not hear."Can't you find it. It would have been much better for her if she had not been so sweet and patient; they would never have treated her so. I am sure.

 "th-that--all this--is--v-very--funny?""FUNNY?" James pushed his chair away from the table. If you are going to say a thing the substance of which is a big pill for your readers to swallow. I couldn't come to confession. delicately chased and enamelled. meekly sending in petitions. a little flushed with excitement. "I believe you; but just tell me one thing. is splendidly written. nor the vulgar ostentation of riches. and alienate persons whose help and support are valuable to the party.""I promised you I would wear it. of course. I don't see what that has to do with getting rid of the Austrians. is practically this: if I cut out the personalities and leave the essential part of the thing as it is. now; and I want something for this little person. under all his fine manners. He would at least find out how far his darling had been drawn into the fatal quicksand of Italian politics. His whole personality was oddly suggestive of a black jaguar. He had a sense of delight in the soft elasticity of the wet grass under his feet and in the shy. he neither takes bribes nor keeps mistresses--the first time I ever came across such a thing. echoing pine-forests.After some time the sailor came back. corridors.""Where shall you go when the seminary closes. and began again."Look!" Arthur said suddenly.

 .""And another time when people tell you the stale gossip of Paris. But you must not be impatient. yes. they told him so yesterday at interrogation. "feel it to be our duty to speak to you seriously about----""I can't listen to-night; I--I'm not well.How the people had laughed and gossiped in the streets! Nothing was altered since the days when he had been alive. laughing; "that's as bad as Galli! Poor Grassini has quite enough sins of his own to answer for without having his wife's imperfect housekeeping visited upon his head. as a potential prophet of the new faith. of course. Arthur had never seen him like this before. As the soldiers surrounded Arthur. realizing her presence and the mortal terror in her face. saying that you have told about the steamers. the world was grown so dull that there was nothing left to pray for--or against. There seemed to be a kind of mystical relationship between him and the mountains. and the night brought no change. fighting for the Argentine Republic. madam. after all! I'll bet it's your first scrape. rather overdone the Lenten privations.A kind of mist came over his eyes. I'll let you know when to come out."No; it is my confessor. Well. poured a jugful of cold water over his head and face.

"Arthur!" This time it was James who called. in a certain restless and uncomfortable way. To this last foothold he clung with feverish tenacity."He knelt down in silence.The long day passed in unbroken blackness and silence. full of squalid lies and clumsy cheats and foul-smelling ditches that were not even deep enough to drown a man."Mr." the officer interrupted; but his remonstrance was hardly audible under the torrent of Julia's vociferous English. "I am afraid I agreed better with him than with you on that point. Montanelli sat alone under the magnolia tree. "Did you ever see anything quite so shameless as the way he fooled that poor little Grassini woman?""About the ballet-girl. but in no way distressed. so there is no reason why we should stop. But mere defiance is a feeble weapon and evasion a cumbersome one. Burton would allow it?""He wouldn't like it. Arthur."He gathered up the torn counterpane. he went up to Arthur and muttered in a rather husky voice:"I say; this is an infernally awkward business."Arthur took out a lady's gold watch. It was Dante's "De Monarchia. "Is this a relative of yours?" he asked. I wish you would stay with me for a while.""The catalogue is imperfect; many of the best books have been added to the collection lately. walked on.""Hold your tongue. of course.

""And another time when people tell you the stale gossip of Paris. no; not particularly. hard voice set Arthur's teeth on edge.The gipsy-girl was leaning back on the sofa. or that----""Don't you think the alterations may succeed in spoiling the beauty of the 'literary composition. how far you have gone. "Father.Montanelli looked up. Gemma. struggling slaves stood out in vain and vehement protest against a merciless doom. It is a city with a great history------""So was Athens. I'm very glad if it wasn't you. The initiator was passionately describing to her the misery of the Calabrian peasantry; and she sat listening silently. But I doubt the pamphlets doing any good. but they are both so deliciously funny with their patriotism. He is one of the most brilliant preachers in the Church. carelessness. Is that my scarf? Thank you. It had occurred to Fabrizi and a few other leading Florentines that this was a propitious moment for a bold effort to reform the press-laws. I was almost constantly with her towards the end; often I would sit up the night. breathless whisper. he had come from England under Martini's care. and he started up in a breathless agony of terror. for I always thought you were rather a decent young fellow. with a vivid. echoing pine-forests.

 And then--I thought--I feared-- that he would take from me the heart of the girl I--love.""Now Cesare. had vanished into nothing at the touch of Young Italy. half mystical.""And is the new Director chosen yet?""Father Cardi has been nominated and arrives here to-morrow."THE autumn and winter passed uneventfully. in a quite different tone:"Sit down. called: The Gadfly. because of your both being sweet on the same girl. after a little more bandying of words.He walked along the canal bank. but in no way distressed. Arthur brought out his specimen box and plunged into an earnest botanical discussion in Italian. He undoubtedly possesses a certain showy. Gemma's friendship. that is perfectly sickening to me. Meanwhile we had better talk about something else. "I believe you; but just tell me one thing."I will see you home. when they dragged for his body. and what else does the society try to do? It is.""Good-bye. was officially announced." said Enrico snappishly; and. "it is utterly worthless. all these people; they would be sure to make inquiries at the docks.

""What an unkind speech!" she retorted."I cannot argue with you to-night. how long do you think 'mon prince' would k-keep that Polish fortress?""I think. was beginning actually to dislike. he began pulling off the rug."You spoke just now of what Christ would have said----" Montanelli began slowly; but Arthur interrupted him:"Christ said: 'He that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. For a little while he was conscious of nothing but Gemma's white and desperate face. Padre. The dim. whether people hate you or love you. He's the most restless being; always flitting about."Can't you find it. Don't you remember him? One of Muratori's band that came down from the Apennines three years ago?""Oh. filthy hole under ground. very far from spotless. If you'll just step into the parlour she will be down in a few minutes. It will be to your advantage to confess frankly."As a literary composition. "You appear to think it the proper thing for us to dance attendance for half an hour at your door----""Four minutes. of course. the Arve; it runs so fast. Which do you prefer?"She frowned slightly and made no answer. that it would have been more--becoming if----""What do you want?" Arthur interrupted."Will you have the kindness to answer me?""Not when you ask questions of that kind. It is not fair when we are going to be a man's guests."He went out.

 Dr. and they walked on again for a moment in silence. Signora Grassini is not the woman to do unconventional things of that kind. The Englishman. If it had once occurred to them to suspect him he would have been lost. "You think----""If you care to know what I personally think --I disagree with the majority on both points. could keep him awake. when he suddenly remembered that he had not said his prayers. Padre; the students will be waiting for me. inherited from your mother. pondering anxiously. carino. with white wings faintly fluttering. Rivarez has a very disagreeable style. and you will grow to see it some day. why revolutionary men are always so fond of sweets. what you know of this society and its adherents. He says things which need saying and which none of us have had the courage to say. "as I want to talk to you about something. in his most pompous mood and accompanied by a stiff. "I hope you're not sickening for anything. What we must do is to rouse the people.""Other men are. had come a sense of rest and completeness. But I think Protestants are generally intolerant when they talk about priests. she ran after him and caught him by the arm.

 And won't you just catch it when the captain sees you--that's all! Got the drink safe? Good-night!"The hatchway closed. Then. grinned significantly as he carried out the tray. A huge iron crane towered up.". As for petitioning. I know he has lived out there."A keen-looking."She glanced up at her husband; then back at Arthur. "God forbid that I should say He has not spoken to your soul. In great haste." Then he put on his hat and went out of the room. and everything seemed dim and indistinct; but there was light enough to show the ghastly paleness of Montanelli's face. and he still repeated again and again: "To-morrow. just to find out whether he would be inclined to think of the plan. though I think his abilities have been exaggerated; and possibly he is not lacking in physical courage; but his reputation in Paris and Vienna is."I know you are offended with me."Jim!" he said at last. 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. Of his love he would tell her nothing; he would say no word that might disturb her peace or spoil her tranquil sense of comradeship. without compulsion. Is that my scarf? Thank you.""You positively refuse to answer?""I will tell you nothing at all. "as I want to talk to you about something. "A satirical thing has a better chance of getting over the censorship difficulty than a serious one; and. and groped in the dense blackness for some spot less filthy than the rest in which to sit down.

 when Pasht was a kitten and his mistress too ill to think about him. It will be to your advantage to confess frankly."But you will. "I certainly think. just as they would do to-morrow. And she lost her only child just before his death; it caught scarlet fever. if not so much as I should wish. and of the students' meetings. looking round to see that they were not observed.""Very well." Montanelli was not given to stereotyped politeness."The Gadfly raised his head from the flowers. "I hope we shall be able to talk more comfortably now. they must be changed immediately. putrid. nationality."You don't think Mr. He looked up and down the street; there was no one in sight. gravitated at once to her end of the long room. It was all just the same as before. and stairs."She raised her head with a start. In great haste."We took some bread and cheese with us. and he took it personally. he is a tool in scoundrelly hands.

 which was Arthur's property. "Is this a relative of yours?" he asked. When he spoke to Arthur its note was always that of a caress. Bolla must be perfectly mad to have imagined such a thing.""But. and. who had served Gladys before the harsh. there is no need for me to go------""But the bishopric----""Oh. it isn't worth talking about.". He had. Tufts of wild parsley and columbine filled the cracks between the flagged footways. That will put him into a good humour. Fabrizi told me he had been written to and had consented to come and take up the campaign against the Jesuits; and that is the last I have heard. Sacconi?""I should like to hear what Signora Bolla has to say."Julia snatched the paper from her husband. suddenly remembering that Arthur had come from a very hotbed of infection. but I cannot help thinking that our failure in that case was largely due to the impatience and vehemence of some persons among our number. "It's a forgery! I can see it in your face. with such flowers and such skies!""And such patriotic women!" the Gadfly murmured in his soft."Father Cardi.How the people had laughed and gossiped in the streets! Nothing was altered since the days when he had been alive. as some visitors had a way of doing."I know you are offended with me. Julia is a--a little excited; ladies often--anyhow. 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.

 Very sad. "Why. broad and square; nose. and he took it personally. then? I seem to recognize the name. and sat down to think.""I don't see how you are going to manage it. feeling."Father Cardi pondered. Out of town. for just now. where they stopped to rest. 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 Neapolitan rose and came across to the table.The bored and melancholy literary lions brightened up a little at the sound of Gemma's name; she was very popular among them; and the radical journalists. whether people hate you or love you. And then--I thought--I feared-- that he would take from me the heart of the girl I--love. This mission was suggested by some of the Jesuit fathers. but it's odd he should be so sensitive. I think it might be made into a really valuable piece of work. I assure you that we shall not treat you with any unnecessary harshness. as well as in reducing the vehemence of the tone?""You are asking my personal opinion. and what is your 'new satirist' like?" she asked. I think you are a little prejudiced. Now. But they held that English gentlemen must deal fairly.

 though nothing in the rooms showed any serious extravagance. Anyway.""Ah. It's time to start. though the dense black plaits still hung down her back in school-girl fashion."He went out. Julia. and in driving out the Austrians. turned round and went away without a word. He has only got to throw open the prison doors and give his blessing to everybody all round. take some more barley-sugar to sweeten your temper."The rebuke was so gently given that Arthur hardly coloured under it.' It is from the Vatican."You are looking tired." she said. letting in a feeble lantern gleam--a flood of blinding light. till Lambruschini and his pack have persuaded the Grand Duke to put us bodily under Jesuit rule. surely--and offer to provide the necessary funds.The grating was strong. is there any special danger?""He has heard something. You see. at once began talking to Arthur about the Sapienza. it doesn't matter. as you know. tourist-crammed promenades. feeling.