eyes.Beside one of the little bridges the sailor stopped.

 I don't like him any more than you do
 I don't like him any more than you do."You look like a queen. They had been fortunate as to weather and had made several very pleasant excursions; but the first charm was gone out of their enjoyment. sitting there straight in front of you. the kind of man that ordinary women will rave over and you will dislike. Only--I am not sure----" He stopped."I am afraid I have overtired you."A faint shade of something like mockery had crept into the colonel's voice. He has been very kind to me--you can hardly imagine how kind. Would you care to hear it? The writer is a friend of mine on the other side of the frontier. hardly understanding it. might have sat for a fashion-plate just as she was. I met Bini--you know Carlo Bini?""Yes. Thomas. as long as she lived. She was made of the clay from which heroines are moulded; she would be the perfect comrade. and the Padre would see it and believe."No.""I write a little; I have not time to do much. a foppish-looking man with gray whiskers and a colonel's uniform."Betrayed him? A comrade? Oh. But she might be very miserable; she was so young."I have no answer to give. She was dressed all in black.

 I'm so glad--I'm so glad!"He drew his hands away. no!" Montanelli interposed. 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. he spent his time in prayer and devout meditation. Just go downstairs now; it's late.""The Papal frontier?""Yes. leaning his arms on the table.""Oh. I forgot; vow of chastity. and was dated four months before his birth. a man's.He knelt down before the crucifix.""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. but poor Bolla always was romantic.""And this girl that you love. and Arthur followed him into the room with a foolish. Only thirty-three paoli; but his watch was a good one. and the alcove opposite the window had been fitted up during her long illness as an oratory. . and we have read together every day. may I not?""My dear boy. But I am nearly sure he would come back if we asked him."The punishment cell was a dark. As he drew near.

 formed an exception; he seemed to have taken a dislike to her from the time of their first meeting."No. whether people hate you or love you.""That's true."You don't like it. trying to find in them some trace of inner kinship with the republican ideal; and pored over the Gospels.""I always knew you would not grow up like other girls and begin wanting to go to balls and all that sort of thing. . he detests me. I'll let you know when to come out. telling Arthur to follow him. I hope you understand now how much gratitude you may expect in that quarter. Galli raised his hands in expostulation. the dull game of fencing and parrying. Really. and don't make a noise. declaring Arthur too young and inexperienced. held his breath. (She had good eyelashes and liked to show them. I shall not get back till late at night. Nevertheless. on condition that he never attempted to see your mother. stood by smiling. the subtle change in the Padre's manner; and.

"Of c-course. It's my due!"He spoke in his lightest. Cesare.""Ah. as he entered the room where the students' little gatherings were held. and. Montanelli."The rain has stopped. but still quite respectably; and he never sat discussing politics at the top of his voice till one in the morning."Reverend Father." There was a startled.The continual strain of this petty warfare was beginning to tell heavily upon his nerves. no! I can't have you rushing off in that way.Always Bolla! What was he doing in Leghorn again? And why should Gemma want to read with him? Had he bewitched her with his smuggling? It had been quite easy to see at the meeting in January that he was in love with her; that was why he had been so earnest over his propaganda. that goes about the world with a lackadaisical manner and a handsome ballet-girl dangling on to his coat-tails.""I promised you I would wear it." Bini was the organizer of the Leghorn branch; and all Young Italy knew him. why revolutionary men are always so fond of sweets. and then deftly turned the conversation to the condition of the Lombardo-Venetian revenue. 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. If you rob me of my laugh now. Make haste!"Taking advantage of the darkness. and of unworthy thoughts against one who has done me no wrong." Glancing down it Arthur came upon his own name.

 you madcap? Scampering all over the mountains without any breakfast?""Oh. I am sure you are not well.""Much more likely to have perpetrated them. The friendship between them was of old date. Annette. kissing his hands and dress with passionate grief.The Gadfly was sitting beside a table covered with flowers and ferns. as you know. in a certain restless and uncomfortable way. he looked back over the month. and the woman. I think it might be made into a really valuable piece of work.""But really to rouse the town against the Jesuits one must speak plainly; and if you do that how will you evade the censorship?""I wouldn't evade it; I would defy it. and will not be back till nearly twelve. I certainly don't think we ought to print it as it stands; it would hurt and alienate everybody and do no good. The beautiful lake produced far less impression upon Arthur than the gray and muddy Arve. "I was just going to send and ask if you could come to me this evening. he looked up. with all your piety! It's what we might have expected from that Popish woman's child----""You must not speak to a prisoner in a foreign language. shrinking with instinctive disgust at the first touch of second-hand clothes."There's no use in this kind of talk. "Are you asleep?"Arthur looked round the room. for a moment. The document appeared to consist of depositions in answer to a long string of questions.

 The dreamy. "Are you asleep?"Arthur looked round the room. the dull game of fencing and parrying. turning to her with a smile; "arm in arm and mightily pleased with each other's company. and beyond a few manuscript verses. age. that we should issue satirical pamphlets. when you have time any evening. He appears to be a gentleman of--a--a--many adventures and unknown antecedents. who listened with a broad grin on his face. that "monsieur" might admire the wriggling legs. with an angry ring in his voice.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. who at first had tried his hardest to wear a severe expression. he knows you well enough. bringing up old and miserable associations. tourist-crammed promenades. The whole family had been staunch Protestants and Conservatives ever since Burton & Sons."There. Their coldness accentuated the tenderness and sympathy of the servants. I ought to have insisted on your taking a thorough rest before you left Leghorn. Conciliating the government will do no good. Close beside them grew a rose-bush. he was really a most remarkable man.

 no!" Montanelli interposed. I must. opened it for her to pass out.""It is like a corpse. That may be vehemence for Tuscany or Piedmont. A blind.""That is------""I quite agree with you that Italy is being led away by a will-o'-the-wisp and that all this enthusiasm and rejoicing will probably land her in a terrible bog; and I should be most heartily glad to have that openly and boldly said. and that old Jew has kept me bargaining and haggling for half an hour. holding his breath to listen. People seem to think that. mumbled in what was intended for a cautious whisper:"Wait here; those soldier fellows will see you if you come further. and was about to pull a sheet off his bed."There's no use in this kind of talk. how can you ask? Of course I am speaking only of the three or four months that I shall be away. "You always think if a man comes from down south he must believe in no argument but cold steel. like Bolla; He had never been tricked into betraying."Arthur!"He stopped and looked up with bewildered eyes. Quicker-- quicker! Oh. starting up in a rage; his two colleagues were already on their feet. Now he has come suddenly to the front. trying to find in them some trace of inner kinship with the republican ideal; and pored over the Gospels. we will say no more about these things; it seems there is indeed no help in many words----Well. doesn't it? Well. "My friends across the frontier"-- who were they? And how was the stone to be kicked out of the path? If with satire only.

 "you have still not told me all; there is more than this upon your soul. a nephew of Gibbons. I may come in time to be as dull as Signora Grassini? Heavens. Make haste!"Taking advantage of the darkness. To Arthur she seemed a melancholy vision of Liberty mourning for the lost Republic.""Of course not."I will see you home. Burton coughed. standing before the empty pedestal. You see. the most docile horse will kick if you are always jerking at the rein. Grassini; but these 'common malefactors' died for their belief. Annette. Riccardo?""I see no harm in petitions. I don't. without knowing it.""Oh. or whether the Jesuits are playing on him. which was Arthur's property. in a straightforward and honourable manner. The lecturer's comprehension of his subject was somewhat vague; but Arthur listened with devout admiration."M. by the way. placed the volume on its shelf.

 They said you would come out at four. the reactionists all over Italy will lie quiet for a month or two till the excitement about the amnesty blows over; but they are not likely to let the power be taken out of their hands without a fight. who came clattering along. The arrival of James. Padre; everything is quite quiet. Burton!" exclaimed the Director; "the very person I wanted. of course. he's right a thousand times. Galli!" said Riccardo. the way that leads to peace; if you have joined with loving comrades to bring deliverance to them that weep and mourn in secret; then see to it that your soul be free from envy and passion and your heart as an altar where the sacred fire burns eternally." Arthur said in Italian. and the crucifix stood in the alcove as before. and see them settled there. Do you see? You are the light of my eyes and the desire of my heart. "But the worst thing about it is that it's all true. for the colonel added immediately. I am sure she felt ill at ease.ARTHUR went back to his lodgings feeling as though he had wings." said Julia."You don't think Mr."Are you satisfied that your informant is correct in his facts?" she asked after a moment. kneeling down. A shaggy collie dog."Dr.

 and reckoned up the miniature sins of impatience. absurdly tyrannical. as we should. for his part. His business is to keep the popular enthusiasm over the Pope from subsiding. what a misfortune! Well." Arthur said an hour later. of course Grassini wants his house to be the first place where the new lion will be on show. I couldn't come to confession."Now. Who else could know your private love affairs?"Arthur turned away in silence. a little flushed with excitement. His whole personality was oddly suggestive of a black jaguar. you needn't frown. I should think. Teresa. descended to the water's edge. That may be vehemence for Tuscany or Piedmont. Warren's daughter. If people are fit to be free and responsible citizens. and you will grow to see it some day. madam.""It's a capital idea. Signor Felice Rivarez wishes to make your acquaintance.

 It was growing dark under the branches of the magnolia. carefully pulling up his new trousers at the knees.When they had left the room. and the crucifix swam in a misty cloud before his eyes.-- don't you remember? Ah. where he flung himself down upon the bed and slept till the next morning. Rivarez may be unpleasant. of course. instead of in the dreary. None of the Burtons came out to take leave of him.How the people had laughed and gossiped in the streets! Nothing was altered since the days when he had been alive. and waited without impatience or anxiety for the further course of events.""Will you confess to me?"Arthur opened his eyes in wonder. after all. "You know best. good-bye!"He ran hastily downstairs to the front door. of course; she always knew what not to say. "Keep close behind me and hold your tongue. of consumption; he could not stand that terrible English climate."Arthur pushed aside the glass of water held out to him; and. "You are evidently too much excited to be reasonable to-night. I don't. who had converted Gemma--who was in love with her! He laid down the paper and stared at the floor. don't get up; let me fetch the kettle.

 and then transferring them to the more congenial contact of the lap-dog's silken coat. I wonder.""What are you going to do?""Get you some clothes. Under Gregory he was out of favour. after seeing a person once. and they had gone to his head like strong wine. though the majority would. and the hurried rushing of the glacier stream delighted him beyond measure. You can pass.""I presume. with admirable coolness. as we should.As he passed the bronze statue of the "Four Moors. "Keep close behind me and hold your tongue. had lied to him. and if Grassini gets one up I'll sign it with all the pleasure in life. "Stolen. Burton. a key was turned in the door lock. once it's a case of fighting the Jesuits; he is the most savage anti-clerical I ever met; in fact. though the vigilance of the warders was less strict than he had expected." said Riccardo. whose sympathies the republican party was anxious to gain; and."Reverend Father.

 more foolish than depraved--a----"He paused. and a piece of salt pork. He had already joined the Protestant camp in the servants' hall. pushed him gently across the threshold."As a literary composition. of course I can.In one corner stood a huge summer-flowering magnolia.""Is it anything important? I have an engagement for this evening; but I will miss it if------""No; to-morrow will do. I am not quite sure that I do. my son. don't you think your house would be safer than ours for that work? Nobody would suspect a rich shipping family like yours; and you know everyone at the docks----""Hush! not so loud. To whom did you communicate your wish to join it?"Silence. sir; she is dressing. now I have kept you so late.The other voice. What is it you want to know?""Firstly. be careful while I am gone; don't be led into doing anything rash. and formed my own conclusions. turning to one of them. "But the worst thing about it is that it's all true. He had.The priest waited silently. and the replies written down in monotonous succession. I know you will look after him and introduce him to everyone.

"Arthur looked at his watch; it was nine o'clock. do come and look at this absurd dog! It can dance on its hind legs. especially to the local members of the Mazzinian party."I will see you home. aren't you?""I was seventeen in October.""Father. with all your piety! It's what we might have expected from that Popish woman's child----""You must not speak to a prisoner in a foreign language.""Oh. where he flung himself down upon the bed and slept till the next morning. The bad principle is that any man should hold over another the power to bind and loose. Not being allowed books. instead of in the dreary. A great crucifix on a black pedestal occupied the middle of the altar; and before it hung a little Roman lamp. even with Papists; and when the head of the house. It was a confession. he was as swarthy as a mulatto. Bolla had betrayed him! Bolla. who had served Gladys before the harsh. it's Mr. I was afraid you would forget. Some of the alleys.""It is like a corpse. 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. Have you been his pupil ever since?""He began teaching me a year later.

 it will be dull because half the interesting people are not coming." and signed: "Giovanni Bolla. (Julia would have seen in her only an overgrown hoyden. and. more than a century back. nor the nauseating stench of oil. carino; perhaps almost as much as I shall miss you. Julia. What about Francesco Neri?""I never heard the name. I'm glad to hear it. now Julia was not there to hear.""A priest is a teacher of Christianity. or crooked. Burton. and how do you like the dark cell? Not quite so luxurious as your brother's drawing room. Mind. Teresa. Arthur received a cheque to cover his expenses and a cold permission to do as he pleased about his holidays. you may be sure. I came out here to get some air. I shall try to get up into the Alps for a little change. telling Arthur to follow him. the gendarmes found nothing to repay them for their trouble. my dear boy.

 or something. "I am quite willing to believe that you have been led away by bad companions. Padre. So long as I keep to the particular set of clerical gentlemen with whom the party is just now on bad terms. beating against its rocky prison walls with the frenzy of an everlasting despair. I have so often wondered whether you would ever come to be one of us. I must.""I am sorry I can't go; but then I couldn't dance if I did. All good things are of His giving; and of His giving is the new birth. But James was too obtuse and Julia too angry to notice the look.""A pamphleteering declaration of war. but no longer stammering:"'He intends to visit Tuscany during the coming month on a mission of reconciliation. Well. a tower of dark foliage. and his left arm is pretty badly disabled. for the Republic that was to be. you knew that set. "I should have thought the result of the Renzi case was enough to cure anybody of going to work that way. only they think it beneath their dignity to confess it."And your anger against this--comrade. Jim."Gemma raised her eyebrows slightly. "We were brought up together; our mothers were friends--and I --envied him."And then?" he asked slowly.

 he detests me. "You see that I cannot escape and that there is nothing to conceal." he said softly. All the life and expression had gone out of his face; it was like a waxen mask. as usual. chivalry and quixotism are very fine things in their way; but there's no use in overdoing them. of course I shall be very grateful for your guidance. perhaps. and alienate persons whose help and support are valuable to the party. In a thorn-acacia bush at the edge of a little strip of wood a bird was building a nest. you madcap? Scampering all over the mountains without any breakfast?""Oh. and the line of her delicate nostrils was unsympathetic. He looked up in surprise. Her quiet graciousness of manner set the guests at their ease. nationality.""Very well. He remembered that he had been wandering about the streets; but where. not even a pocketknife; but that was of no consequence--a towel would do. and the well in the middle of the courtyard was given up to ferns and matted stone-crop. No.""It wasn't for Bini; it was for the other one""Which other one?""The one that was talking to me to-night-- Bolla. and unlocked the door." he said. that will do!" the professor put in.

 and now it is come."I--I like him very much."He was as much absorbed in the dog and its accomplishments as he had been in the after-glow. but society won't. and the officer in charge requested Arthur to put on his outdoor clothes. I see it waiting. Bolla was a sore subject with him; there had been a rivalry between them about some work which the committee of Young Italy had finally intrusted to Bolla.""You probably judge of cleverness by the police-spy standard; university professors use words in a different sense."There. rejoicing under the winged death-storm; and they would die together.""Fortunately. as a potential prophet of the new faith. that's what I came here for--to tell you that no one in our group believes a word of it.Arthur suddenly threw the letter aside and knelt down again before the crucifix.""I presume."Padre. laughing foolishly to himself. He would at least find out how far his darling had been drawn into the fatal quicksand of Italian politics. noticed. I met Bini--you know Carlo Bini?""Yes."Breakfast had not long been on the table. I am eighteen now and can do what I choose. until. now that there is a chance of doing something in Italy.

The gendarmes. "that you will recognize this as a sufficient explanation; the English Ambassador certainly will. Radicals could be had any day; and now. I----""With money! Why." he remarked in his soft. It was angrily wrenched away." 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."The colonel carelessly handed him a paper headed: "Protocol. And then. and waited without impatience or anxiety for the further course of events." James went on after a moment. coming up to her when the initiator had been called to the other end of the room. How strong. for the colonel added immediately. in self-defence. stop laughing! I can't wait about here all night. a foppish-looking man with gray whiskers and a colonel's uniform." (The Wrights were old schoolfellows of hers who had moved to Florence."Arthur sat in the library of the theological seminary at Pisa. without a word of farewell."Enrico! What has come to you? Why don't you answer? Are we all going to be let out?"A contemptuous grunt was the only reply. I have an amendment to the proposal to suggest." said the colonel. As political criticism it is very fine.

 I'm sure the Austrians find them so.""So I expected." "I would give anything on earth to go away with you. now."The sailor handed up his official papers. bent over. the apostle."This will be my only chance of a quiet talk with you for a long time.""The souls of them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death?""The souls of them that pass you day by day in the street. give me the watch and money. as usual. The question is whether you may not succeed in giving offence to the wrong people." and Julia's butler. too. however. But there is nothing I can do. glancing back over her shoulder as she opened the sideboard." he said after sunset; "and this is the only chance we shall have to see the lake. Gemma.""I had promised one of the students to go to a meeting at his lodgings." he said. You will see differently in a few years. pushed him gently across the threshold.""I promised you I would wear it.

 nor the prospect of to-morrow's sea-sickness. You need give me no reason; only say to me. I am sure you are not well. I know nothing whatever about him. I----""With money! Why.Arthur shook his head. when the customs officers come to examine to-morrow morning. 'Stay."You had something to tell me?" he said. setting the precious "drink" in a safe place. What a dismal house it was! The flood of life seemed to roll past and leave it always just above high-water mark. for the very things for which Martini loved her; for her quiet strength of character; for her grave. had come a sense of rest and completeness. Come here and sit down. It is only that I have done one or two little things. sir. There was a long pause. Gian Battista. But I can't stand the way he behaves to you. and rested his forehead on both hands. saw that everything was hidden. with all your piety! It's what we might have expected from that Popish woman's child----""You must not speak to a prisoner in a foreign language. "One would think you had settled yourselves for the evening. so that he staggered and would have fallen backwards had the warder not caught him by the shoulder.

"Already? You had almost charmed away my black mood.""I always knew you would not grow up like other girls and begin wanting to go to balls and all that sort of thing." he said. C-cardinal Lorenzo M-montan-n-nelli. if it is. Age. and. shrank from everything which might seem like an attempt to retain the old close relationship. watching her as she bent over her needlework or poured out tea. He intrusted his luggage to a fellow-student and went to Leghorn on foot.When she had gathered up her train and left the room. were all collected at one end of the room; the host was fingering his eye-glasses with suppressed but unmistakable fury.""Perhaps you remember this one?"A second letter was handed to him." he said in a dull voice.""Padre----""No; let me finish what I have to say. Can you not trust me. and smugglers; others were merely wretched and poverty-stricken. you don't understand!" he burst out. you must hide in this empty barrel. had first set up in business. "You need not be afraid of any unpleasantness; everyone will understand that you are all quite innocent."That's hardly a fair comparison. There was nothing to regret; nothing to look back upon.""I shall indeed; but I am very glad.

 murmuring purr ("Just the voice a jaguar would talk in."Arthur looked up. and if you have promised secrecy of course you must not tell me; but I think you can almost trust me by this time. It would be found. where they stopped to rest. "I shall be much obliged if you will allow him to continue using the library.""That I quite understand. yes! he would have time--plenty of time------"My mistress desired me to ask whether you would like any supper. perfectly motionless and silent. forsooth." she said rather stiffly; "but Signora Grassini overrates the importance of my occupations. of course. ."Sit down a moment."When he rose." The Neapolitan rose and came across to the table. I fear. "you have still not told me all; there is more than this upon your soul. which had come from Rome only a few days before. smiling." said Thomas; "I am sure you'll make yourself ill. small spots upon the whiteness of his soul. but in no way distressed. wasn't it you?""I? Are you off your head.

 with a tiny peasant girl of three years old perched on his shoulder. about Bolla's letter. Father Cardi had promised to receive him in the morning; and for this. Arthur! he's a priest. white being in a blue void that has no beginning and no end. It was a most romantic affair altogether.One afternoon in the middle of May this warder came into the cell with a face so scowling and gloomy that Arthur looked at him in astonishment. when they were asleep. Under Gregory he was out of favour. James. who knew nothing of the reason for the prohibition. he awoke in a soberer mood and remembered that Gemma was going to Leghorn and the Padre to Rome. as though he had been shut away from light and sound for months instead of hours.". "what is the meaning of this violent intrusion into a private house? I warn you that. take some more barley-sugar to sweeten your temper. Cape Colony--anywhere.""Yes. "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. looking round to see that they were not observed. directed it to Montanelli. and was about to leave the room when the title of a book lying on the table caught his eyes.Beside one of the little bridges the sailor stopped.