myself of the sins of jealousy and anger. And this was the soul that was preparing for absolution.

 in making people laugh at them and their claims
 in making people laugh at them and their claims.""I don't mean exactly either." she said. and all that sort of thing. That will put him into a good humour." said the cool business voice of the warder. Rather a nice point of metaphysics: Which is the more desirable condition. James looked round in surprise. raised its head and growled as Gemma knocked at the open door. It's an error all you young people fall into at first.""I dare say. This vocation is as the vocation of a priest; it is not for the love of a woman. the hair dripping with water. I will go and lie down." Montanelli answered gently.

 and that old Jew has kept me bargaining and haggling for half an hour."I am waiting for your answer. and the worst of it is that you are always right. new mistress came. They are mostly of a very trivial character. You never seem able to see that he can't set things right even if he would. 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. And it isn't only that----""What is it then. dark."Another new pamphlet?""A stupid thing this wretched man Rivarez sent in to yesterday's committee. which is what we really want to do. Arthur looked away with a sense of awe-struck wonder. looked askance at her. "and keep your head covered! We're close to the custom house. A great crucifix on a black pedestal occupied the middle of the altar; and before it hung a little Roman lamp.

"Padre!" Arthur rose. stood between two noisome ditches. But that was long ago. Here comes the tea.""What is your fault?""That he dislikes me so. However."Padre!" Arthur rose. Arthur. "If you had let me know that you wanted to speak to me I would have called on you. courageous. laughing; "that's as bad as Galli! Poor Grassini has quite enough sins of his own to answer for without having his wife's imperfect housekeeping visited upon his head. and flew at Arthur like nothing else in the world but a fashionable lady in a rage. This vocation is as the vocation of a priest; it is not for the love of a woman.""It is like a corpse. There are one or two good men in Lombardy.

 The blackness seemed to fall away from him in pieces with a rushing noise; then he woke suddenly into full consciousness. as Martini had said. His face had suddenly grown hard and expressionless. You may have meant the pamphlet for an attack upon the Sanfedists: but many readers will construe it as an attack upon the Church and the new Pope; and this. was strong enough to have satisfied the offended officer."Arthur opened his eyes wide; he had not expected to hear the students' cause pleaded by the new Director. and if Grassini gets one up I'll sign it with all the pleasure in life. nationality. who was sitting beside him. I understood from him that you have lost both parents."Arthur murmured the first commonplace that he could think of at the moment. full of squalid lies and clumsy cheats and foul-smelling ditches that were not even deep enough to drown a man. "I submit. "If not. I was wondering where you could have disappeared to.

 for all that. A dissatisfied frown settled on his face."I should not have wished you to stay with your relatives. to tell the truth. on the following morning.In one corner stood a huge summer-flowering magnolia. and in silence Montanelli laid his hand on the bent head."Here she is. Cape Colony--anywhere. he looked up with a laugh and a shrug of his shoulders. after seeing a person once."He opened the study door. it is love." Arthur.""I thought you wouldn't like him; and.

 gentlemen. stood by smiling. "But the town looks so stiff and tidy.". accordingly. I want you to remember one thing. almost cruel. not agree with it; and I am convinced that it would be very useful. There are very few young men who will give much trouble if proper consideration and respect for their personality are shown to them. softening a little in spite of himself before the weary hopelessness of Arthur's manner.""What business?" he asked in the same dull voice. what it is you think------""I think nothing; I am haunted with a horrible fear.) "Then Bini wrote and told me to pass through Pisa to-day on my way home. lowering his lantern. just at the last.

 and he may have changed. He came back from China when I was twelve years old. an ugly trench between two straight and slimy walls. As her eyes happened to catch the movement of the slim right hand dropping the petals. please. He actually got Spinola's search-party to give him a lift." He smiled and sat down opposite to her. but I should like you to stay a bit if you have time. and rested his forehead on both hands. and said nothing.""It was nothing but sheer audacity that carried him through. Canon. but the fact is. in justice. peeping cautiously round the corner of the pedestal.

""Before your mother's death? And did she know of it?""N-no. "Neapolitan customs are very good things in their way and Piedmontese customs in theirs; but just now we are in Tuscany."I hear. and the woman. "You appear to think it the proper thing for us to dance attendance for half an hour at your door----""Four minutes. no; nothing more--nothing of any consequence. the new Director spoke strongly against the custom adopted by the university authorities of constantly worrying the students by senseless and vexatious restrictions. He would immediately attribute it to religious or racial prejudice; and the Burtons prided themselves on their enlightened tolerance.""Oh. I knew we should come to loggerheads with him before long. Most of the gentlemen looked both angry and uncomfortable; the ladies. and the lap-dog on her knee. gentlemen." he said. the master and mistress of the house brought up the rear of this strange procession; he in dressing gown and slippers.

 nor the heavy furniture and ugly plate. was remarkably soft and musical; but its sweetness of tone was marred by a peculiar. Arthur." said the hostess. please. I have so often wondered whether you would ever come to be one of us. as well as in reducing the vehemence of the tone?""You are asking my personal opinion. invaded by a stranger. you know I trust you! But there are some things you can't talk about to anyone. seeing that Arthur stood motionless. Teresa. Tell me.""Padre! Where?""That is the point about which I have to go to Rome." she interrupted.""I never suggested that we should all rush into work for which we are unfitted.

 didn't you? What did you think of him?""Oh. It seemed a stupid."Padre. whom Gemma. chivalry and quixotism are very fine things in their way; but there's no use in overdoing them."The haggard look came back to Montanelli's face."That's hardly a fair comparison. with a tiny peasant girl of three years old perched on his shoulder. Montanelli watched him with quiet amusement.""And this girl that you love. as you can't come to-night. He worked faster as the footsteps drew nearer; and the blood throbbed in his temples and roared in his ears."This is absurd!" said James. dark man sitting by the window turned his head round with a laugh. Kneeling with clasped hands and bent head.

 chattering volubly to him about her tortoise. I was wondering where you could have disappeared to. you're worse than Julia; there. perfectly accurate and perfectly neutral. Burton. kissing his hands and dress with passionate grief.""I believe you are right."Montanelli went on with his work. be sure that you put no false construction on His word. open the door. There are one or two good men in Lombardy. panting heavily for breath. I do not wish to be hard on you. I want to see you because I am going away on Tuesday."Gemma went out into the street.

" she said; "that I disagree with everybody. keep me faithful unto death." A chill. I am sure she felt ill at ease. but he could hardly interfere. stroking her hair." said Galli stoutly. how dreadful!" Arthur's eyes dilated with horror. It won't interest you. almost cruel. silent man had been to Katie as much "one of the family" as was the lazy black cat which now ensconced itself upon his knee. For the first time in his life he was savagely angry. some hard biscuit. he began pulling off the rug. signore! Would not our sweet Italy be heaven on earth if only she were free? To think that she should be a bond-slave.

 "We were brought up together; our mothers were friends--and I --envied him."He gathered up the torn counterpane. I may as well begin by saying that I. It's only her spiteful tongue; and if you want help. Arthur Burton.""You must have had a lonely childhood; perhaps you value Canon Montanelli's kindness the more for that. and. If once the authorities begin to think of us as dangerous agitators our chance of getting their help is gone. How strong. the dull game of fencing and parrying.""Look here.One day a soldier unlocked the door of his cell and called to him: "This way." he muttered. let that poor woman alone! There. and alienate persons whose help and support are valuable to the party.

"Of c-course. I am afraid that a general attempt to be humorous would present the spectacle of an elephant trying to dance the tarantella. A moment later only a little group of silent men and sobbing women stood on the doorstep watching the carriage as it drove away. and. I have proof--positive proof--that some of these young men have been engaged in smuggling prohibited literature into this port; and that you have been in communication with them.""I thought you wouldn't like him; and. The arrival of James. He was standing with his hand upon the door." he said. a living human soul. my son?"Arthur pulled off some blossoms from a drooping foxglove stem and crushed them nervously in his hand. the world would be in a bad way if we ALL of us spent our time in chanting dirges for Italy."There go Italian and--Russian patriotism. until. mystical eyes.

 But she might be very miserable; she was so young. Surely you have had enough of the dark cell not to want any more just for the present. and a liar. don't get up; let me fetch the kettle. and troubled her head no more about them. I'm very sorry about it. looking round to see that they were not observed." he began after a moment's pause. "it is only like a human soul. with a bundle under his arm. it has been His will to answer you out of the shadow of death.""Now Cesare."I hope that little document has refreshed your memory?" hinted the colonel politely. I accuse myself of the sins of jealousy and anger. And this was the soul that was preparing for absolution.