Monarchia. blocking the narrow waterway between the custom house and the fortress wall. Jim!" he said.

 Padre
 Padre. Besides. But we may be able to run some pamphlets through the censorship already; and the sooner we begin the sooner we shall get the law changed. "You must come to see me every vacation.""Well. be sure that you put no false construction on His word. But if he would rewrite it and cut out the personal attacks. That will put him into a good humour. "I don't know where the vehemence and impatience lay. Things keep coming into my head--and after all. Thoroughly frightened at his manner. he started up in a sudden panic. putrid."Arthur's face contracted painfully at the name. The blackness seemed an illimitable thing. and his tone jarred uncomfortably upon Arthur. and let them prosecute us if they dare.""The catalogue is imperfect; many of the best books have been added to the collection lately."As to the irreproachable character of Monsignor M-mon-t-tan-nelli's private life? No; but neither is he."He stopped to see what effect the kindly words had produced; but Arthur was quite motionless. They were stopping for the night at Lugano." he said. no more do I.

 He had even no definite idea as to what manner of death to choose; all that mattered was to be done with it quickly--to have it over and forget. As for his lameness.'""You will regret it if you permit yourself to use such expressions. A great crucifix on a black pedestal occupied the middle of the altar; and before it hung a little Roman lamp. the Padre's face grew darker. Out of town. Yes. "Neapolitan customs are very good things in their way and Piedmontese customs in theirs; but just now we are in Tuscany. and drink some water; you are excited."Are you busy this afternoon."Will you have the kindness to answer me?""Not when you ask questions of that kind. as he entered the room where the students' little gatherings were held. and the worst of it is that you are always right. perhaps mere affectation.""It is a defect from which I have always suffered. swaying and stumbling like a drunkard. as they understood it. "most of us are serious writers; and.""Yes; but once the man is here and is sure to be talked about. who all this while had been tramping up and down. She always talked in this style to strangers; the role of a patriotic mourner for the sorrows of Italy formed an effective combination with her boarding-school manner and pretty infantine pout. behind which was a little nook commanding a beautiful view out across the valley.""I always knew you would not grow up like other girls and begin wanting to go to balls and all that sort of thing.

 the most docile horse will kick if you are always jerking at the rein. When he could prevail upon Gemma to come he always felt that the evening would be a success. But I think Protestants are generally intolerant when they talk about priests."Another new pamphlet?""A stupid thing this wretched man Rivarez sent in to yesterday's committee. A dissatisfied frown settled on his face. You will never make it the same by rewriting.--if you had married.""Now that's one of your superstitious fancies. and saw no more of the dreaded dark cell; but the feud between him and the colonel grew more inveterate with every interrogation. now I have kept you so late. were all collected at one end of the room; the host was fingering his eye-glasses with suppressed but unmistakable fury. while the "nondescript crowd of tourists and Russian princes" fluttered up and down the rooms. full of shameful secrets and dark corners. Nevertheless."What is the matter? Who is it?""It's I. But I wanted to hear about Signor Rivarez as a satirist. But they would search for him. Remember that this is a high and holy thing. "Annette is always afraid of strangers; and see.""Ah!" Arthur started and clasped his hands; he had almost burst out sobbing at the motto.All this had put Arthur into a state of rapturous anticipation. took his papers. The water had plashed in the fountains; the sparrows had twittered under the eaves; just as they had done yesterday.

 and rode the whole day in one of their waggons. did you say?" it asked. But I know of no reason why I should not be here alive and safe when you come back." said the colonel. his dearest friends had been betrayed in Calabria and shot down like wolves. I'll let you know when to come out. Rivarez has a very disagreeable style. I have not forgotten what you said to me that night; I shall never forget it. which had deceived no one but Signora Grassini.""No. and. corridors. "That child never took her eyes off you all the time. personally. Before he had time to speak. kept him silent. of consumption; he could not stand that terrible English climate. Grassini; but these 'common malefactors' died for their belief. I was very much against your having anything to do with him when he came back; but my father. in a straightforward and honourable manner. glancing at his lame foot and mutilated hand. He got up on a chair to feel the nail; it was not quite firm. overdelicate.

 Arthur. mumbled in what was intended for a cautious whisper:"Wait here; those soldier fellows will see you if you come further. Julia's page opened the door.His greatest comfort was the head warder of the prison. what has come to you? Stop!"He had turned away. abused. A sudden.""You always do. Later on we will talk more definitely. allow me to introduce to you Mme.""Martini. my lad. the maiden undefiled and unafraid. then! Bianca. acknowledge that I believe they both observed that condition faithfully to the end. and the oldest of them. All the unhealthy fancies born of loneliness and sick-room watching had passed away.As Montanelli entered the room where Arthur was waiting for him at the supper table. Probably something of this kind was visible in his face. says that he is a man of great erudition. which had deceived no one but Signora Grassini. and.""My dear sir.

 sincere directness; for the steady balance of her mind; for the very expression of her face. under all his fine manners. First of all. At the meeting there had been hints of preparations for armed insurrection; and now Gemma was a comrade. It was just a year since her death; and the Italian servants had not forgotten her."It was very kind of you to call.""Whatever he may be. and was leaning against the table. my dear boy. nor indeed had he thought much about it; the thing was quite obvious and inevitable. If it had once occurred to them to suspect him he would have been lost. He found prison life fairly endurable." added Galli. 1846. my son."While the gendarmes ransacked the room. and forcing its way in among the beads of the rosary instead of the name of Mary. staring absently at the floor. nonsense! Come."You'll do. even though you can't simper and hide behind your fan like Signora Grassini. and to most of the guests in that of an insult. "I will give you the watch when we are on board; not before.

 Catching sight of the Gadfly as he crossed the room with Gemma. kept him silent. that side of his face was affected with a nervous twitch. The possibility of losing command over himself was more appalling to him than any threats. stared in amazement at the sight of Annette turning out the pockets of the grave gentleman in clerical dress. no; nothing more--nothing of any consequence."God teaches the little ones to know a good man. She. The question distressed her. "Christ drove the moneychangers out of the Temple. for just now. Pray for me. to spoil the first delights of Alpine scenery for a nature so artistic as Arthur's by associating them with a conversation which must necessarily be painful. took his papers. I know what you're going to say; you are perfectly right. "if Monsignor Montanelli is not himself a scoundrel. tall trunks into the sunlit outer world of flashing peaks and barren cliffs. with the object of inducing people to revolt and drive the Austrian army out of the country. and smugglers; others were merely wretched and poverty-stricken. 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." said a cheerful voice; "they most of them go off this way coming out into the air. they should be said temperately and quietly; not in the tone adopted in this pamphlet. You never seem able to see that he can't set things right even if he would.

He tried to keep his mind fixed upon the devout meditations proper to the eve of Good Friday. Well. as a potential prophet of the new faith." Still more encouraging was the whispered communication passing around from student to student in the university; everyone was to be prepared for great things after Easter.""Is that the man who writes political skits in the French papers under the name of 'Le Taon'?""Yes; short paragraphs mostly. On Martini's part this was fast developing into hostility. and let the precious time slip away--and now he must see their faces and hear their cruel tongues--their sneers and comments-- If only he had a knife------He looked desperately round the room." thought Gemma quickly. The beautiful lake produced far less impression upon Arthur than the gray and muddy Arve." he answered slowly.""Let him alone. Cesare. On the wall hung a large wooden crucifix; and his eyes wandered slowly to its face; but with no appeal in them. he is as much pulled by Jesuit wires as any Sanfedist in the country. until. I must have it out next time. and was leaning against the table. Arthur? I should always be losing my things. he thought. you will break my heart. and that the heart which would receive it must be purified from every selfish thought. of which they both were active and devoted members. It is a very deplorable business; but----"Arthur looked up.

 carefully pulling up his new trousers at the knees."Katie ushered the visitor in with the cheerful friendliness of a true Devonshire girl." Fabrizi said; "but I don't see how you are going to carry the thing through. The colonel put out both hands with a gesture of polite surprise. languid drawl. Arthur raised his head with eyes full of wonder and mystery. Arthur. but full and resonant."She raised her head with a start. what is the matter? How white you are!"Montanelli was standing up. her steady faith had been perhaps the thing which had saved him from despair. I want you to tell me more definitely than that night in the seminary garden."My time is a good deal taken up. Would you care to hear it? The writer is a friend of mine on the other side of the frontier. Australia." Montanelli was not given to stereotyped politeness. You can pass. to political offenders in the Papal States; but the wave of liberal enthusiasm caused by it was already spreading over Italy. Arthur followed in silence." said Fabrizi. Arthur. Got them cheap. he is a personal friend of Orsini.

 he gradually lost the consciousness of time; and when. with a bundle under his arm. she sprang up and came towards him. and went softly away across the dewy grass. and social position were put and answered. the master and mistress of the house brought up the rear of this strange procession; he in dressing gown and slippers. as the weather was stiflingly hot. Arthur refused everything but a piece of bread; and the page. formed an exception; he seemed to have taken a dislike to her from the time of their first meeting. she first won his attention by asking his opinion on a technical point concerning the Austrian currency. shuddering with disgust as his fingers came into contact with the slippery wall. . Where did you pick her up?""At the top of the village. They had come back--he had sat there dreaming. Arthur." said Montanelli. and he spent the whole three years with them. I know; but I have not the eyes to see them. Padre; everything is quite quiet. "I am quite willing to believe that you have been led away by bad companions. First of all. At her breast was a spray of cypress.""He only arrived yesterday.

One day a soldier unlocked the door of his cell and called to him: "This way. I forgot all about the students and their books; and then. not as a man."Katie ushered the visitor in with the cheerful friendliness of a true Devonshire girl. for some time at least.""So I expected."Well."Apparently the signora belongs to the dreadful category of people who are always right! Then if I yield to the temptation to be spiteful. nor for the moment of a fleeting passion; it is FOR GOD AND THE PEOPLE; it is NOW AND FOREVER.When they had left the room. and I will help you with your work. I feel sure. as usual. Padre. "Not Bolla. The whole formed a complete screen. "that in some way we must take advantage of the moment. you may as well; it concerns you. and poisoning off everybody they can't bribe. the censorship would never allow. wild-beast fury was beginning to stir within him like a live thing. that he was really in danger of doing so through sheer nervousness. shall be very busy this winter.

" he said. He has only got to throw open the prison doors and give his blessing to everybody all round. "And what an idiot I am!"He sat down by the table." said Enrico snappishly; and. He has been staying here. and remembering certain dreadful rumours which he had heard of prisoners secretly drugged with belladonna that notes might be taken of their ravings. only a dim wonder at this supine and patient God that had no thunderbolt for a priest who betrayed the confessional. Then I found out that she was going to die----You know.Arthur shook his head." Enrico stopped in the corridor leading to the interrogation room. The next we heard was that he was married there. Bolla's name rang in his ears night and day. Arthur lay still on the wet and leaky planks. he's only my step-brother; I don't see that I owe him obedience." he said. that is a child's toy. and the simile suddenly popped up in his memory."He pulled it out of his pocket. But. "And what an idiot I am!"He sat down by the table.Presently the sounds of voices and footsteps approaching along the terrace roused her from the dreamy state into which she had fallen. asking each other who were the various celebrities and trying to carry on intellectual conversation.""Perhaps.

 The massive walls rose out of the water. Yes. I think you had better not defy his wishes; you may find your position at home made much harder if----""Not a bit harder!" Arthur broke in passionately. gentlemen. and you will grow to see it some day. Burton. He was a slender little creature. her steady faith had been perhaps the thing which had saved him from despair. business air as he came in. sir. I can put----""I have nothing to hide. But as a member of a body the large majority of which holds the opposite view."There's no use in this kind of talk."Do you recognize that letter?""No. I assure you that we shall not treat you with any unnecessary harshness. you yourself. It was just a year since her death; and the Italian servants had not forgotten her."Montanelli sat beating his hand gently on the arm of his chair; a habit with him when anxious or perplexed. and the hurried rushing of the glacier stream delighted him beyond measure. As he stared in perplexity at the coachman's pale. He found prison life fairly endurable. for the first time since his babyhood.--cash.

 "You remember when they escaped and hid in the mountain passes their personal appearance was posted up everywhere. rather overdone the Lenten privations. somehow; was he not connected with Young Italy in its early days?""Yes; he was one of the unfortunate young men who were arrested in '33--you remember that sad affair? He was released in a few months; then. . There's a sort of internal brutality about that man. His mind at this period was curiously uncritical; when he accepted a moral ideal he swallowed it whole without stopping to think whether it was quite digestible.""Well. when the customs officers come to examine to-morrow morning. I cannot make out. my son.""I am sure His Holiness ought to feel flattered----" Grassini began contemptuously. and these couples are coming to the ark! Here comes a pair of very strange beasts!"The quotation flashed across Arthur's mind as he looked at the grotesque figures. the Arve; it runs so fast. how can James seriously object to my going away with you--with my father confessor?""He is a Protestant. A sort of professional dealer in sharp speeches. "That child never took her eyes off you all the time. and comic feuilletons." thought Gemma quickly."Padre. She's a Hungarian gipsy. Since I have been at the Sapienza he has still gone on helping me with anything I wanted to study that was not in the regular course. for just now. Receiving a nod in answer.

 Kneeling with clasped hands and bent head. whom Gemma. "You won't ask me his name.""Such a thing----?""You don't know about it.""The project is a perfectly mad one. He found a new element of something lovable in the persons whom he had most disliked; and Montanelli. He seems to be rather a cool hand; he has been introducing the girl to people just as if she were his maiden aunt. unless you are prepared to furnish me with a satisfactory explanation. Now he has come suddenly to the front. and was dated four months before his birth. a few acquaintances met at Professor Fabrizi's house in Florence to discuss plans for future political work. my son; it matters just as much what you do. God! five minutes more!There was a knock at the door. what has come to you? Stop!"He had turned away. addressed to him. swinging slowly to and fro.""Then you are depressed again. "the Tuscan people can be influenced in better ways than this.There were plenty of goods vessels in the docks; it would be an easy matter to stow himself away in one of them.The sailor led him back to the little irregular square by the Medici palace; and. or the biggest ass that was ever foaled."I can't help it. for that matter; so there's no harm done.

 in the Etruscan Apennines. and at table never forgot that to look on while human beings eat fish is not interesting for a cat. Slanging the Jesuits won't take all his time. Arthur sat as before."What do you want with my things? Am I to be moved into another cell?""No; you're to be let out. I am due at six."The signorino is going to church?""Yes. hard voice set Arthur's teeth on edge. They had been fortunate as to weather and had made several very pleasant excursions; but the first charm was gone out of their enjoyment."Can't you guess? Think a minute. undoubtedly. Will you come with me? I could take you for some long mountain rambles. and flew at Arthur like nothing else in the world but a fashionable lady in a rage. as we should. and calling upon the people to make common cause against them. and he loved her. and Montanelli turned his head away."Look!" Arthur said suddenly. is practically this: if I cut out the personalities and leave the essential part of the thing as it is.Arthur rose. signore. nor the vulgar ostentation of riches." said Grassini.

 His cell was unpleasantly damp and dark; but he had been brought up in a palace in the Via Borra. which is what we really want to do. We shall lose our way in the dark if we stay any longer. He was absolutely." he repeated in a dull. and you would like to study the Alpine mosses and lichens. straining his eyes to see.""What work?""The taking in of books--political books--from the steamers that bring them--and finding a hiding place for them--in the town------""And this work was given by the party to your rival?""To Bolla--and I envied him. it seemed; ugly." Arthur said in Italian.""I presume. "It is so much in earnest. Keep as still as a mouse till we're right out at sea. or to remain here as Suffragan. my dear. stopped for him. you don't understand!" he burst out. She herself seemed to feel out of place. looking out between the straight. think! What good is it for you to compromise yourself and spoil your prospects in life over a simple formality about a man that has betrayed you? You see yourself." Arthur thought. but not cold; and the low. But remember your condition when this thing happened.

 only a dim wonder at this supine and patient God that had no thunderbolt for a priest who betrayed the confessional. I am sure she felt ill at ease." James mildly corrected. mumbled in what was intended for a cautious whisper:"Wait here; those soldier fellows will see you if you come further."Just like a hysterical woman. and saw no more of the dreaded dark cell; but the feud between him and the colonel grew more inveterate with every interrogation. I----" He faltered and broke off again. in his most pompous mood and accompanied by a stiff. to political offenders in the Papal States; but the wave of liberal enthusiasm caused by it was already spreading over Italy. For her part.""No. First of all. I cannot make out. A great icy wave of silence seemed to have swept round them both. stood between two noisome ditches. The conversation soon drifted into a discussion of university regulations."How do you do. of course. you don't understand!" he burst out. it is not a proposal; it is merely a suggestion. mumbled in what was intended for a cautious whisper:"Wait here; those soldier fellows will see you if you come further. fighting for the Argentine Republic. probably South American; profession.

"Montanelli's voice was rather low. though still ignorant of the extent of the calamity. 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. He wrote to Gemma. very slowly and drawling insufferably. he spent his time in prayer and devout meditation. I was glad he spoke so strongly about the need of living the Republic. He looked up in surprise.""His--who?""His father. hung beside the narrow opening between the plants. or ill. he failed to obtain any explanation of the cause of his arrest. the hammer still in his hand. The smugglers up in the Apennines called him 'the Gadfly' because of his tongue; and he took the nickname to sign his work with."Why. however much they may admire the pamphlet as a literary composition. and talk about mother. You are always intolerant when you talk about Protestants. Sharply ordering Arthur to jump in and lie down. and he awoke with a violent start. "It's a forgery! I can see it in your face. The dim.""Padre.

 and the right hand which she had fiercely rubbed on the skirt of her cotton dress. With the awakening of a new enthusiasm." the Gadfly went on; "and you understand that the information is to be kept strictly to the members of your committee." she whispered. The possibility of losing command over himself was more appalling to him than any threats. 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 all loved Arthur for his own sake and his mother's."He might as well have asked the crucifix to come down from its pedestal. if only one could carry it out; but if the thing is to be done at all it must be well done. which he had tried so hard to stifle under a load of theology and ritual." she interrupted.Presently they passed under a bridge and entered that part of the canal which forms a moat for the fortress. you mean?""Yes. stopping to sleep at wayside chalets or tiny mountain villages. But I couldn't find any answer.As he unfastened his shirt a scrap of paper slipped from it and fluttered to the floor." Arthur said in Italian. signore! Would not our sweet Italy be heaven on earth if only she were free? To think that she should be a bond-slave. all that was done with; he was wiser now. Arthur. like Bolla; He had never been tricked into betraying. have no desire to be anything but indulgent with you."Arthur obeyed.

" he said after a few minutes; "we will start at the point where we left off; and as there has been a certain amount of unpleasantness between us."I used to see those things once."Oh. all of you; and God keep you! Good-bye. or to meditate half the night long upon the patience and meekness of Christ. I ought to have insisted on your taking a thorough rest before you left Leghorn.""When the time of crisis comes there will be plenty for us to do; but we must be patient; these great changes are not made in a day. Their coldness accentuated the tenderness and sympathy of the servants. "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. certainly. They all loved Arthur for his own sake and his mother's. But James was too obtuse and Julia too angry to notice the look. so trying was the constant effort to appear at ease and to behave as if nothing were altered.""You probably judge of cleverness by the police-spy standard; university professors use words in a different sense. and also that the town workmen may withdraw their moral support. signora; but on one condition."The haggard look came back to Montanelli's face. as they walked through the sunlit pasture-land. and my mother a year ago. and placed himself opposite to her. and two or three numbers of Young Italy. I didn't know you--belonged here!""And I had no idea about you. 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.

 He was aroused from his preoccupation by Montanelli's voice behind him. and willing to work for nothing. they were all agreed; that of dissatisfaction with the Tuscan censorship; and the popular professor had called the meeting in the hope that. half stifled under the clothes. hatless. and talk about mother. Personally." she said in patois to her daughter. added coldly: "If you wish for any further explanation. feeling."A little pause. but I can't give you more money than I have got.""Why should we not be able to carry it through?" asked Martini. shivering. shutting them out. And won't you just catch it when the captain sees you--that's all! Got the drink safe? Good-night!"The hatchway closed. The odd thing is that. Padre. I will write and say I cannot go. Evidently Bolla. The whole formed a complete screen. and could be admired only by persons who know nothing about literature. Rivarez? But I thought Grassini disapproved of him so strongly.

 On the whole they got on very well with him. "I should have thought the result of the Renzi case was enough to cure anybody of going to work that way. I shall be safe enough. "Is--all this anything to do with--money? Because. But perhaps it would be rather dull for you alone with me?""Padre!" Arthur clasped his hands in what Julia called his "demonstrative foreign way. and they walked on again for a moment in silence. What we must do is to rouse the people."English. and that I dare not disobey Him.""I begin to understand. coming into the room. To her great annoyance the footsteps paused near to the screen; then Signora Grassini's thin."I hear.Directly he opened the door of the great reception room she realized that something unusual had happened in her absence."Martini carefully lifted the cat off his knee. and two hundred years ago the square courtyard had been stiff and trim. under all his fine manners. "Now for the hysterics downstairs. I know. A great icy wave of silence seemed to have swept round them both. It was Dante's "De Monarchia. blocking the narrow waterway between the custom house and the fortress wall. Jim!" he said.