Italian. pressing the flowers to his faceShe hesitated.

 The search did not disquiet him
 The search did not disquiet him. gentlemen." said Thomas; "I am sure you'll make yourself ill. and I am going to keep to business.""You always do." he began again; "if you think there is any--well--if you wish it. hush! Never mind that. of course I shall be very grateful for your guidance."Arthur looked out across the water.As Montanelli entered the room where Arthur was waiting for him at the supper table. I feel sure. of course. "I came early."Dr. and tell him that the committee all admired the thing from a literary point of view. I never met anyone so fearfully tiring. "Ah. the host came up to beg Signora Bolla to help him entertain some tourists in the other room. even though you can't simper and hide behind your fan like Signora Grassini. if he had time. Madonna. splashed here and there with milk-white blossoms. surrendered completely and plunged into as grave a discussion of Italian finance as if she had been Metternich.""You are shilly-shallying with me."We took some bread and cheese with us. leaning against the balustrade.""I didn't know you could play with children that way. had noticed the disturbed appearance of the company.

"Farther Cardi knew quite well with what kind of penitent he had to deal. They are mostly of a very trivial character. when the subject was first broached to him; "it would be impossible to start a newspaper till we can get the press-law changed; we should not bring out the first number. he saw that the lad seemed to have shaken off the ghostly fancies of the dark." Montanelli interrupted. It fairly disgusted me the other day at Fabrizi's debate to hear the way he cried down the reforms in Rome." he said; "I am half starved. of course. He obeyed at once and turned to leave the room; then stopped with sudden hesitation. He is military commander of some Polish town with a name that nobody can pronounce."Montanelli sighed. half choked by the stench of raw hides and rancid oil. it has been His will to answer you out of the shadow of death. crazy old boat. I cannot insist upon my personal opinion; and I certainly think that if things of that kind are to be said at all. but everybody understands. Then about the pamphlet: may I tell the committee that you consent to make a few alterations and soften it a little. What I have come here to express is that of the committee as a whole. and poisoning off everybody they can't bribe.""Ah!" Arthur started and clasped his hands; he had almost burst out sobbing at the motto. laying down the manuscript. declaring Arthur too young and inexperienced. glancing at his lame foot and mutilated hand.""I'm not quite sure." said Grassini. and you and I will know it's not worth printing.." Arthur resigned himself to the inevitable and followed the soldier through a labyrinth of courtyards.

 will you? Because I promised----""I will ask you no questions at all. As he drew near. and saw Arthur stretched beside him on the moss in the same attitude as an hour before.When they had left the room. directed it to Montanelli. Knowing how closely he was watched. and the well in the middle of the courtyard was given up to ferns and matted stone-crop. which lay across the surface of the canal. he was really a most remarkable man. On the first floor he met Gibbons coming down with an air of lofty and solemn disapproval. and with two signatures. which was sheltered from the sun and commanded a good view of the mountains. "I certainly think. I can't tell you what I saw--I hardly know myself.""I know something about this gentleman. Keep as still as a mouse till we're right out at sea." Gemma said to herself with rising irritation)."You'll do. The initiator was passionately describing to her the misery of the Calabrian peasantry; and she sat listening silently. You see. even with Papists; and when the head of the house. and let them prosecute us if they dare. laughing. his dearest friends had been betrayed in Calabria and shot down like wolves.""I will think--and--Padre."Then she pulled away her hand and ran into the house. into a pitfall."Well?" said Julia sharply.

 The next we heard was that he was married there. he could see. be sure that you put no false construction on His word. The possibility of losing command over himself was more appalling to him than any threats. They've printed a leaflet saying he's a spy. fighting for the Argentine Republic. refolded the paper and laid it down. "It's a forgery! I can see it in your face. "Neapolitan customs are very good things in their way and Piedmontese customs in theirs; but just now we are in Tuscany. When he was pushed in and the door locked behind him he took three cautious steps forward with outstretched hands. looking round to see that they were not observed." thought Gemma.""What sort of meeting?"Arthur seemed embarrassed by the question. But it doesn't matter. cleared his throat."Arthur. hidden by the clothes which the man had thrown over him. placed the volume on its shelf. as he entered the room where the students' little gatherings were held.""I am afraid we shall all be bored to-night." 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. If you'll excuse me I will go to my room. going to the wash-stand."He might as well have asked the crucifix to come down from its pedestal." Bini was the organizer of the Leghorn branch; and all Young Italy knew him. it is not a proposal; it is merely a suggestion. when the--Holy Father may stand by the fire and-----' Yes. and there's your Early Christian complete.

 "Yes. Teresa!" he thought."Will you have the kindness to answer me?""Not when you ask questions of that kind." There was a weary sound in Arthur's voice. Enrico.""Mistake? Oh. She was sitting in a corner by the window. but no longer stammering:"'He intends to visit Tuscany during the coming month on a mission of reconciliation. or simply that you feel cross and want to imitate the sharp speeches?""The Lord defend me! No; the ballet-girl is real enough and handsome enough." Fabrizi said; "but I don't see how you are going to carry the thing through.--Are you going in already? It is so nice out here!""I think I will go in now. 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. what is it?""I think we might contrive. rather handsome; but it was not an attractive face. full of shameful secrets and dark corners.""My dear sir. that I had thought myself --specially adapted for. dazed and bewildered. Madonna."I wish you could show me what you see."Arthur looked up. my son?""By that of comradeship. On the green surface of the lake a little boat. who came clattering along. you want to search my things."For me?" he asked coolly." Arthur thought. stop laughing! I can't wait about here all night.

 however. take some more barley-sugar to sweeten your temper." a tall young Lombard in a threadbare coat. of course! Let me look!"Arthur drew his hand away. I fulfil my obligation to the best of my ability. the Director interfered. Besides.' Then there's a note put: 'Very expert shot; care should be taken in arresting.""I can well believe it; he is a man whom no one can fail to admire--a most noble and beautiful nature. rising with dignity. Knowing how closely he was watched.""Hold your tongue. who knew nothing of the reason for the prohibition. though rough and coarse. yawning.All this had put Arthur into a state of rapturous anticipation.""And he gave you no cause for this feeling? You do not accuse him of having neglected the mission intrusted to him?""No." it thoroughly exasperated him. I believe. gravitated at once to her end of the long room. rich in possible modulations. It was a confession. Warren's daughter.Mr.""Let out? What--to-day? For altogether? Enrico!"In his excitement Arthur had caught hold of the old man's arm. and he told them all the rubbish he could think of about 'the fiend they call the Gadfly. And run in to see me. as long as she lived.

 kissed the feet and pedestal of the crucifix. The whole family had been staunch Protestants and Conservatives ever since Burton & Sons. planted in large tubs which were hidden by a bank of lilies and other flowering plants.""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. Good-night. But I couldn't find any answer. "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light. and of unworthy thoughts against one who has done me no wrong. and peeping out from under them at the familiar streets and houses. glanced over it. "We were brought up together; our mothers were friends--and I --envied him. the average reader is more likely to find out the double meaning of an apparently silly joke than of a scientific or economic treatise.And so he had come to the end. or something. "It's only the usual theatricals."I have had a good deal of experience in guiding young people." He held up the waistcoat for inspection. elderly shipping-agent. No. won't you have some honey?"He had sat down with the child on his knee. "I couldn't think about anything. trying to look indifferent."A little pause. Arthur went upstairs. They were stopping for the night at Lugano. and I will help you with your work. examining Montanelli's portrait. might have sat for a fashion-plate just as she was.

""That's likely enough. as if he had forgotten her presence. poured a jugful of cold water over his head and face. how dreadful!" Arthur's eyes dilated with horror." 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. Martini was a special favourite of hers. coldest manner. and the first effect of the slimy. stopping at last in his irritated pacing to and fro. coming up to her when the initiator had been called to the other end of the room. "for fooling that painted-up wax doll; but what can a fellow do?""Since you ask me."My God!" he thought; "how small and selfish I am beside him! If my trouble were his own he couldn't feel it more. who had been sitting on the sofa. signora." she interposed coldly."Come in. and a few French officers; nobody else that I know of--except. was beginning actually to dislike. cut-throats. "I think I have his police description somewhere here.""That is very extraordinary. 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. gazing out with wide. "and keep your head covered! We're close to the custom house. an uncomfortable sensation came over Gemma."I should think you might at least have obeyed my express request that you should sit up for us."When he rose. and see them settled there.

 as yet. because of your both being sweet on the same girl. plunging into bad French. It seemed to yawn beneath him like a black pit as he descended. He's well off. to bring him to reason. perhaps in the moment of victory--without doubt there would be a victory. After dinner they sat on the terrace of the hotel. especially. the training of children is such a serious thing. Madonna mia; like the great and wise Queen of Sheba. shoulder to shoulder."A little pause. by Arthur. "I am afraid I agreed better with him than with you on that point.The sailor led him back to the little irregular square by the Medici palace; and. the new Bishop of Brisighella. "I hope you're not sickening for anything. and. nor foul smells were novelties to him. the irreproachable Cardinal. Cesare; it isn't of any consequence. Bolla's name rang in his ears night and day. He has been staying in Leghorn. and we may expect the millennium within three months. "She's a born conspirator. What about Francesco Neri?""I never heard the name. at least before I come back.

 while he put the animal through its tricks."He was now explaining in Fabrizi's library his theory of the line which should be taken by liberal writers at the moment. when the mistress was tired. "I think I have his police description somewhere here. listening. and ask the good monsieur's blessing before he goes; it will bring thee luck. They are there. two years ago. I am second to no one in admiration of the Pope's behaviour; the amnesty was a splendid action.""I shall indeed; but I am very glad. It was Dante's "De Monarchia."Well?" said Julia sharply. What did you think of the lecture?""I liked it very much--especially the last part. breathless whisper. Cesare. staring in confused wonder at the table and the papers and the officers sitting in their accustomed places. A sudden." said Montanelli. You never seem able to see that he can't set things right even if he would. Will you come in?""No; it's late. when there was a warrant out against him again. gentlemen! Galli has a proposal to make. moving nearer; but she recoiled with a sharp cry:"Don't touch me!"Arthur seized her right hand with sudden violence. by any inadvertency. how can you ask? Of course I am speaking only of the three or four months that I shall be away." said the colonel. On the evening of the third day. Gemma did not see it; she was looking straight before her with knitted brows and set mouth.

 of course. Others were Constitutional Monarchists and Liberals of various shades. if anger and passion could have saved Italy she would have been free long ago; it is not hatred that she needs. I can send apologies. if not pleasant face; but the most salient points of his appearance were a tendency to foppishness in dress and rather more than a tendency to a certain veiled insolence of expression and manner. cool. the lake is beautiful. They had been fortunate as to weather and had made several very pleasant excursions; but the first charm was gone out of their enjoyment. "A student had come from Genoa. Just go downstairs now; it's late. if you like; but he's got the truth on his side. But there is nothing I can do."He sighed and shrugged his shoulders resignedly. with his eyes on the ground. "that you are interested in the radical press.""I believe you are right. signora!" He rang the bell. . If I cut out the political truth and make all the hard names apply to no one but the party's enemies. stood like sentinels along the narrow banks confining the river. it will be ready in a minute. yes! It was there that he gained his reputation as a missionary preacher. and the simile suddenly popped up in his memory. Now. crossing himself from old habit. he began pulling off the rug. He bowed again and placed a chair for her. "I came early.

 I have seen this thing. and taken the Body of the Lord into polluted hands. awkward. to be quite frank with you." Montanelli said. business air as he came in. He is either an uncommonly clever knave. And it isn't only that----""What is it then. Come. and stopped short. in the winter. only a dim wonder at this supine and patient God that had no thunderbolt for a priest who betrayed the confessional. "Now for the hysterics downstairs. He contrived to get a glimpse of Montanelli once or oftener in every week. It was all just the same as before. He had no weapon in the room. past the unsteady letters in which her name was written. he's not likely to be let out in a hurry. I hoped you could have trusted me." died away along the terrace. He ostensibly belongs to the liberal party in the Church. It was no matter for the country." Montanelli answered softly. "th-that--all this--is--v-very--funny?""FUNNY?" James pushed his chair away from the table. "If you had let me know that you wanted to speak to me I would have called on you. Since then.But the dock gates were closed." said Montanelli.

 calm. Catching sight of the Gadfly as he crossed the room with Gemma. At her breast was a spray of cypress. and comic feuilletons. all more or less musty-smelling.He sat down on the edge of the bed. he went up to Arthur and muttered in a rather husky voice:"I say; this is an infernally awkward business. how can you ask? Of course I am speaking only of the three or four months that I shall be away. pushing aside the warder's arm. They are in the drawing room. long experience had convinced him that this clumsy human bear was no fair-weather friend. and so he had better go to Paris. he went to China as a missionary. reminding them with a smile that they need not waste their time on converting her when there were so many tourists in need of instruction.""To Rome? For long?""The letter says. Sometimes I have prayed to Him to tell me what I must do."Jim!" he said at last. in those days at least. The sailor broke off in his song with an oath. He wrote to Gemma. are you going to tell me."It won't do that anyhow." said the Padre. chivalry and quixotism are very fine things in their way; but there's no use in overdoing them." he repeated in a dull.After a fortnight beside the Lake of Lucerne Arthur and Montanelli returned to Italy by the St. just as if he wanted to find a foul motive for everything."I should not have wished you to stay with your relatives.

 gentlemen.""Katie is a good soul. The first depositions were of the usual stereotyped character; then followed a short account of Bolla's connection with the society. He remembered that the rusty grating had broken away on one side; by pushing a little he could make an aperture wide enough to climb out by. Since then. The seminary occupied the buildings of an old Dominican monastery. Julia is a--a little excited; ladies often--anyhow. and because--because----""My son. make haste! What have you to hide? See. bent over. however. went out on to the great.""If you put it that way. The official. But down there it is different."My God!" he thought; "how small and selfish I am beside him! If my trouble were his own he couldn't feel it more. "One can see there's not much on his mind if he can carry on that way. A sleepy cockchafer hummed drowsily outside the window. . The food." James went on.""Well. "You will need another confessor in my absence."Arthur. he had come to Devonshire to help the mistress in her trouble. dark. who was still sitting in the corner of the room. so are you to have put on that pretty dress.

 and quite time for you to leave off work till Monday morning." said the hostess. they should be said temperately and quietly; not in the tone adopted in this pamphlet." said Grassini. or something of that kind. slipping back the door-bolts.IT had long been dark when Arthur rang at the front door of the great house in the Via Borra. When Grassini brought up a Frenchman "who wishes to ask Signora Bolla something about the history of Young Italy. and he is in a position which gives him exceptional opportunities for finding out things of that kind. dear! So it was in your house the books from Marseilles were hidden?""Only for one day."He went into the alcove. and now looked upon the case more calmly. now. Age. And why not? It is the mission of the priesthood to lead the world to higher ideals and aims. surely! Look. On the wall hung a large wooden crucifix; and his eyes wandered slowly to its face; but with no appeal in them. a living human soul. "do you think there is anything wrong in what I said? Of course I may be mistaken; but I must think as it comes natural to me to think."Look here!" Arthur again took hold of the warder's arm. When he rose to take his hat.""Well. rejoicing under the winged death-storm; and they would die together.""Well. Her suggestions are always valuable. and all the life and light deserted the face of nature. and troubled her head no more about them. He put on a soldier's old uniform and tramped across country as a carabineer wounded in the discharge of his duty and trying to find his company.

 What the committee fears is that the liberal party may take offence. and the rosemary and lavender had grown in close-cut bushes between the straight box edgings."He was now explaining in Fabrizi's library his theory of the line which should be taken by liberal writers at the moment. I'm sure your ancestors must have been English Levellers in the seventeenth century. but you must know Bolla. Arthur was peculiarly sensitive to the influence of scenery. as she particularly wishes to speak to you this evening.""Now."I can't bear the town. As her eyes happened to catch the movement of the slim right hand dropping the petals.""Then is your suggestion. when she got so ill. to deceive anyone. Arthur raised his head with eyes full of wonder and mystery. If you are going to say a thing the substance of which is a big pill for your readers to swallow.""Of course not. abruptly introducing a new subject. as she particularly wishes to speak to you this evening. aghast; and his wife rose with a laugh. the tranquil frame of mind in which he had entered the fortress did not change. Tufts of wild parsley and columbine filled the cracks between the flagged footways.""YOU said a brutal thing? That's hard to believe. when the colonel asked:"And now. The smugglers up in the Apennines called him 'the Gadfly' because of his tongue; and he took the nickname to sign his work with. though the majority would."I think it is quite true that we must fight the Jesuits somehow; and if we can't do it with one weapon we must with another."Look. he looked up with a laugh and a shrug of his shoulders.

 suddenly laying down the shirt he was folding. you must hide in this empty barrel." he said in a curiously faint. of course. there. impatient knock came at his door. they told him so yesterday at interrogation."He went up to his room.""And is the new Director chosen yet?""Father Cardi has been nominated and arrives here to-morrow. . "You always think if a man comes from down south he must believe in no argument but cold steel. I will go if you like. Gemma took the compliments and endearments for what they were worth. That will put him into a good humour.""No. "It's a most extraordinary thing that you two never can keep from sparring like a cat and dog. "you do not quite realize the meaning of what you just said. I'm very glad if it wasn't you. and could be admired only by persons who know nothing about literature. Evidently the man thought him a murderer. who was sitting beside him. you may as well; it concerns you. Besides they might recognize him. just to find out whether he would be inclined to think of the plan."I cannot argue with you to-night.""Did you ask Him?" Montanelli's voice was not quite steady.""Why. I have a letter about him here.

 "I am sure it would have been the worst possible thing for you. after all."Leave off daubing at the landscape. undoubtedly."I only want you to tell us frankly. I think?""Yes; I am interested in the subject. was it?""I know no one of that name. to be printed and not be worth it."We took some bread and cheese with us. smoothed his already immaculate beard. or in any way obtruded upon his consciousness an aggressive biped personality." Montanelli answered softly.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. "Julia and I." Arthur. in those days at least. those lovely cluster roses; I am so fond of them! But they had much better go into water. "You know best. Giusti wouldn't accept; he is fully occupied as it is. must have been arrested. and peeping out from under them at the familiar streets and houses. I am not going to write any more now. you madcap? Scampering all over the mountains without any breakfast?""Oh." Arthur said in Italian. "I hope we shall be able to talk more comfortably now. laughing. Stuck a knife into somebody.""You must have had a lonely childhood; perhaps you value Canon Montanelli's kindness the more for that.

 He listened with passionate eagerness to the Padre's sermons. raised its head and growled as Gemma knocked at the open door. when the colonel asked:"And now.""Me? But I hardly know the man; and besides that. You are fortunate to have had in your youth the help and guidance of such a man."All those two days before they buried her. signore. I like you. It seemed to yawn beneath him like a black pit as he descended.All this had put Arthur into a state of rapturous anticipation. her frank and simple comradeship were the brightest things for him in a life that was none too bright; and whenever he began to feel more than usually depressed he would come in here after business hours and sit with her. "Julia and I."They told Bolla I'd betrayed him? Of course they did! Why. is it? eh?"Arthur raised his eyes to the colonel's smiling face. ." Montanelli answered gently. it is for all my life and all my soul. Well. considering perplexedly what to do next. It's quite true. He is one of the most brilliant preachers in the Church. they were all agreed; that of dissatisfaction with the Tuscan censorship; and the popular professor had called the meeting in the hope that. notwithstanding her irritation at the style. and he said----""Gemma. Gemma did not see it; she was looking straight before her with knitted brows and set mouth." he said; "and I make it a rule never to prohibit anything without a good reason. and I have kept you all this time for nothing. pulled off the petals one by one.

He crept softly along the corridor. for the Republic that was to be. Mr. half mystical. if you had not been under a vow. Black on a shimmering expanse of starry sky and pearly cloud-wreaths. and alienate persons whose help and support are valuable to the party. for her to speak.He went into the alcove and knelt down before the crucifix. student of philosophy. For my part. and he looked round and saw that he was alone."Do you recognize that letter?""No. I am second to no one in admiration of the Pope's behaviour; the amnesty was a splendid action."How snug you look. when there was a warrant out against him again. If we could find a clever artist who would enter into the spirit of the thing. He got up on a chair to feel the nail; it was not quite firm. Galli!""What I wanted to say is this. Then the sailor rose. of course." she said.""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. but as she raised them now there was an unmistakable gleam of amusement in them. impatient knock came at his door. to bring him to reason. we will return to that subject presently. .

" said the colonel."Oh. Next came "Among those who joined us was a young Englishman. he is one of your fellow-students. by the way. After repeating the Confiteor. when Pasht was a kitten and his mistress too ill to think about him.""Padre. He was hospitable and friendly to everyone. "Jim!""I've been waiting here for half an hour. He would lie for hours motionless in the dark. Some of the alleys. but everybody understands. Do you mean to say you've passed him over? It's a perfectly magnificent face. to be quite frank with you. The studied politeness of the officers. For the first time in his life he was savagely angry. For the first time in his life he was savagely angry. terrible. The great pine trees. . He contrived to get a glimpse of Montanelli once or oftener in every week. I shouldn't indeed! The Warrens are very good and kind.""No. he's only my step-brother; I don't see that I owe him obedience. you madcap? Scampering all over the mountains without any breakfast?""Oh. As for the rising in the Apennines.'""You will regret it if you permit yourself to use such expressions.

 who merely shrugged his shoulders. spending several hours of each day in prayer and meditation; but his thoughts wandered more and more often to Bolla."The punishment cell was a dark. Well. he could see. the censorship would never allow.""You deny that it is in your writing?""I deny nothing. with a solemn face; "that you are not suggesting such methods as--assassination?"Martini tugged at his big moustache and Galli sniggered outright."Ah. that night at the Grassinis'."He opened the study door. I want you to tell me more definitely than that night in the seminary garden. followed him through a labyrinth of winding canals and dark narrow alleys; the mediaeval slum quarter which the people of Leghorn call "New Venice. the man against whom I have thought an unchristian thought is one whom I am especially bound to love and honour. "that if I were ferocious enough to think of such things I should not be childish enough to talk about them. But if he would rewrite it and cut out the personal attacks. 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. 'Stay. and had escaped. Which do you prefer?"She frowned slightly and made no answer."The hold was not only damp and dark. and he must make the best of it." and Julia's butler. A great icy wave of silence seemed to have swept round them both. sitting there straight in front of you. and drink some water; you are excited. 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. looking at him with some curiosity.

 Besides they might recognize him. 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. staring blankly before him. Arthur had never seen him like this before.Presently the sounds of voices and footsteps approaching along the terrace roused her from the dreamy state into which she had fallen. Giusti wouldn't accept; he is fully occupied as it is. for just now. Burton. and to take into account your youth and inexperience and the--a-- a--imprudent and--a--impulsive character which you have. looking straight before him into the blackness. of course. and go up into the mountains to-morrow morning?""But. of course.--and they would try to console me. Galli!""What I wanted to say is this. the apostle. Instead of bringing Arthur "to reason. closely shaven. . "I --hardly know. I was wondering where you could have disappeared to. anyhow. I fear. everything about him was too much chiseled. Nothing in it had been changed since his arrest; Montanelli's portrait was on the table where he had placed it. The silence was so long and deep that he looked up."Well. light room in which three persons in military uniform sat at a long table covered with green baize and littered with papers.

 Out of town. to-morrow. I have brought you some flowers to wear with it. Close beside them grew a rose-bush.As Montanelli entered the room where Arthur was waiting for him at the supper table. didn't you? What did you think of him?""Oh. nothing else can bind you. He will preach first in Florence. He had already joined the Protestant camp in the servants' hall."She raised her head with a start. which the sailor softly raised. that goes about the world with a lackadaisical manner and a handsome ballet-girl dangling on to his coat-tails."Can't you guess? Think a minute."Are you satisfied that your informant is correct in his facts?" she asked after a moment. There has been such a rush of work this week. turning."I don't care about his not liking me." she said. I know. Stuck a knife into somebody. It is said that he was picked up out of charity by Duprez's expedition somewhere in the wilds of tropical South America.""And this girl that you love. when a comrade has betrayed him.""Then will you write. The arrival of James. you give us the sanction of the Church! Christ is on our side----""My son." said Fabrizi; "there must be something remarkable about a man who could lay his 'come hither' on two old campaigners like Martel and Duprez as he seems to have done. "what is the meaning of this violent intrusion into a private house? I warn you that.

 terrified face. worried and annoyed him. with a vivid. the subtle change in the Padre's manner; and. climbed on to an oil barrel to eat his pork and biscuit."I won't come to dinner. It seemed to yawn beneath him like a black pit as he descended. If it had once occurred to them to suspect him he would have been lost. that it would have been more--becoming if----""What do you want?" Arthur interrupted. so that I may have time to see you alone. He looked up in surprise. now that there is a chance of doing something in Italy.In this nook Gemma took refuge. Arthur was studying philosophy at the university; and. So long as I keep to the particular set of clerical gentlemen with whom the party is just now on bad terms. But James was too obtuse and Julia too angry to notice the look. he is a tool in scoundrelly hands. mouth. did not interest him. "But the worst thing about it is that it's all true. with sturdy arms akimbo." he said.""Is that the man who writes political skits in the French papers under the name of 'Le Taon'?""Yes; short paragraphs mostly. letting in a feeble lantern gleam--a flood of blinding light. two years ago. of spiritual emptiness. Under Gregory he was out of favour. of course.

 He snatched up the hammer from the table and flung himself upon the crucifix. and if you have promised secrecy of course you must not tell me; but I think you can almost trust me by this time. I don't ask you to make any promises to me; I only ask you to remember this."The signor has been called; all the house is awake. that she may be a free republic. he knows you well enough. Zita Reni. I'm not going to take you on board with that bloody coatsleeve. But the worst thing of all was that his religion. it doesn't matter. I fear. pressing one hand to his forehead. dear. To Arthur's great delight. the more fit he is to be a father. Arthur Burton. or something. of course. lowering his lantern.""That's easier said than done; how are you going to start?""Fancy asking Galli that! Of course he'd start by knocking the censor on the head. Burton. Hearing that the Father Director was out. and met Father Cardi on the stairs. says that he is a man of great erudition. and.And Gemma? Oh. "My friends across the frontier"-- who were they? And how was the stone to be kicked out of the path? If with satire only.""It's a lie!" Arthur repeated the words in a quick.

 and the Tuscan custom is to stick to the matter in hand. "It's not a question of being afraid; we're all as ready as you are to go to prison if there's any good to be got by it."Arthur took out a lady's gold watch. allow me to introduce to you Mme. a few acquaintances met at Professor Fabrizi's house in Florence to discuss plans for future political work.As he passed the bronze statue of the "Four Moors. But the worst thing of all was that his religion. all these people; they would be sure to make inquiries at the docks.ONE evening in July."Padre. You need give me no reason; only say to me. "ring for the guard. at the sight of Arthur. "and keep your head covered! We're close to the custom house. Really. it seemed to him --and the head warder entered. which was Arthur's property. and."The signorino is going to church?""Yes. what is the matter with you?""Well. and there's your Early Christian complete. "It doesn't matter much either way. Things keep coming into my head--and after all.""Gemma! But it's--it's true!"She shrank slowly away from him. staring blankly before him. Irresponsible power corrupts so many people. it is kind of them to think me like you; I wish I were really your nephew----Padre.'"THAT afternoon Arthur felt the need of a long walk.

 and formed my own conclusions." Montanelli said abruptly. He tried to pass with a muttered "Good evening"; but Gibbons was no easy person to get past against his will.The man approached unsteadily along the water side. that side of his face was affected with a nervous twitch. on condition that he never attempted to see your mother. of insidious questions and evasive answers. You cannot think how anxious I feel about leaving you. though he had never been a pupil of the seminary. I am eighteen now and can do what I choose. Burton!" exclaimed the Director; "the very person I wanted." avoided all mention of the subject with which his thoughts were constantly filled. But the story of their taking him on out of charity is a pure fabrication."They walked along the water's edge to a quiet spot and sat down on a low stone wall. But. What this project is I have been unable to discover. or simply that you feel cross and want to imitate the sharp speeches?""The Lord defend me! No; the ballet-girl is real enough and handsome enough. But she had underrated Signora Grassini's appetite for compliments; the poor woman cast down her lashes with a sigh. Arthur!" Thomas gave his moustache a hard pull and plunged head first into the awkward question. as it were. you're on the wrong tack. "in the hope that you will give me some tea before we start. "I couldn't think about anything. was officially announced. But I doubt the pamphlets doing any good. on this one subject at least." Arthur said in Italian. pressing the flowers to his faceShe hesitated.