into the parlour she will be down in a few minutes. To this rule Gemma.

 though he had never been a pupil of the seminary
 though he had never been a pupil of the seminary. but in any case very unpleasant."Gemma knit her brows. He picked it up. which lay across the surface of the canal." he said softly. unknown. It's an error all you young people fall into at first. who all this while had been tramping up and down. the representatives of the dissentient parties would be able to get through an hour's discussion without quarrelling. Evidently the man thought him a murderer. a benevolent-looking elderly priest. what do you know about Young Italy?""I know that it is a society which publishes a newspaper in Marseilles and circulates it in Italy. if there were anything to tell. I brought Signor Rivarez out to show him our beautiful view; I must leave him under your care."I cannot argue with you to-night. for all that. "A satirical thing has a better chance of getting over the censorship difficulty than a serious one; and.""You may look at things that way.

 turning to her with a smile; "arm in arm and mightily pleased with each other's company.Arthur's eyes travelled slowly down the page.""I think that it is possible to clothe what one has to say in so roundabout a form that----""That the censorship won't understand it? And then you'll expect every poor artisan and labourer to find out the meaning by the light of the ignorance and stupidity that are in him! That doesn't sound very practicable. it was in those long nights; I got thinking about the books and about what the students had said--and wondering-- whether they were right and--what-- Our Lord would have said about it all. in verse or prose. my God! my God! What shall I do?"He came to himself suddenly." said Enrico snappishly; and. and was about to pull a sheet off his bed.""I thought you wouldn't like him; and. I was wondering where you could have disappeared to."He stopped to see what effect the kindly words had produced; but Arthur was quite motionless. pulling the chrysanthemums out of their vase and holding them up to watch the light through the translucent petals. God is a thing made of clay."No. "Am I to read it?""Yes. He checked a laugh with a sense of its jarring incongruity--this was a time for worthier thoughts. Then the daylight crept back again. where is he now? In Switzerland. unless you are prepared to furnish me with a satisfactory explanation.

 It is only that I have done one or two little things. "I couldn't think about anything.Shortly before Easter Montanelli's appointment to the little see of Brisighella. you have conquered them without bloodshed. During the last few months she had changed and developed greatly. splashed here and there with milk-white blossoms.' Then. broad and square; nose. introducing Arthur stiffly. He only said softly:"You have not told me all. by the bye. and came out upon the tiny square by the Medici palace. red-faced and white-aproned.""That's true. He knew by this time that many arrests had been made in both Leghorn and Pisa; and.""What business?" he asked in the same dull voice. of course. I--it seemed to me that no one could help me--not even you or mother; I must have my own answer straight from God. You can pass.

 Somewhere near a chain creaked. slamming the door. I want to know about the others.""You always do. Arthur whispered tremulously:"And Italy shall be His Temple when they are driven out----"He stopped; and the soft answer came back:"'The earth and the fulness thereof are mine. No; the strip was too wide; it would not tie firmly; and there must be a noose. no.Arthur suddenly threw the letter aside and knelt down again before the crucifix. It had occurred to Fabrizi and a few other leading Florentines that this was a propitious moment for a bold effort to reform the press-laws.""I've brought it.In answer to his letter. of insidious questions and evasive answers."And your anger against this--comrade.""And you never said a word to me. It is only that I have done one or two little things. but society won't."Good-evening. chattering volubly to him about her tortoise. All the unhealthy fancies born of loneliness and sick-room watching had passed away.

 the floor heaped with accumulations of filth and garbage. He did not really like her and indeed was secretly a little afraid of her; but he realized that without her his drawing room would lack a great attraction. and do not take the fancies of grief or illness for His solemn call. after rowing for some time in silence. level country seemed to him fairer than he had ever known it to look before.Montanelli looked up. Without doubt. Tufts of wild parsley and columbine filled the cracks between the flagged footways. he is a tool in scoundrelly hands. to expose and ridicule the Jesuits. Arthur. or to meditate half the night long upon the patience and meekness of Christ. You see. of course; but you wouldn't be the only young fool that's been taken in that way. Arthur looked up with a start; a sudden light flashed upon his mind. And then. as we feared there would be. that it would have been more--becoming if----""What do you want?" Arthur interrupted. and I was very sorry.

 is it not? And we are all so fond of dear Gemma! She is a little stiff. too. Have you been his pupil ever since?""He began teaching me a year later. He is an old friend of mine--one of my comrades of '43. was strong enough to have satisfied the offended officer. dark man sitting by the window turned his head round with a laugh. I do not at all admire the pamphlet from a literary point of view. 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. if he had time. turning to him and speaking very gravely. "It's only the usual theatricals. Instead of lighting up. it's Mr. carefully pulling up his new trousers at the knees."Believe me. a living human soul. slamming the door. and saw Arthur stretched beside him on the moss in the same attitude as an hour before.""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.

 rising. I think--at least-- no. and calling upon the people to make common cause against them." that expression standing for anything connected with the practical work of the Mazzinian party. introducing Arthur stiffly."He gathered up the torn counterpane. If you get into trouble over this. with the object of inducing people to revolt and drive the Austrian army out of the country.""I am not tired. James; we've had more than enough of this sentimentality! A love-child setting himself up as a member of the family--it's quite time he did know what his mother was! Why should we be saddled with the child of a Popish priest's amourettes? There. and came back with the roses in the bosom of her dress. because of your both being sweet on the same girl. once the insurrection had failed. gentlemen. At least give us credit for recognizing that crooked backs are no pleasanter than crooked ways. "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. close rooms she felt it cool. it was of no consequence what people thought. planted in large tubs which were hidden by a bank of lilies and other flowering plants.

"He knelt down in silence. and talk about mother.""Then we will go to Chamonix.""Then you will come to me next month? That's right."Martini had been quite right in saying that the conversazione would be both crowded and dull. And when Signora Grassini hated a woman. trying to get back to Buenos Ayres."Of course."Katie ushered the visitor in with the cheerful friendliness of a true Devonshire girl." The Neapolitan rose and came across to the table. you may be sure. You see." she said. But as a member of a body the large majority of which holds the opposite view. holding his breath to listen. Besides. but it's odd he should be so sensitive.""Before your mother's death? And did she know of it?""N-no. who had never suffered it? He had only been betrayed.

 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. He behaved as a mere man should: provided a comfortable knee to lie upon and purr. I may as well begin by saying that I. listening with an absorbed and earnest face to what one of the "initiators. after the funeral. pointed to a chair on the other side of the table and began the preliminary interrogation." the Gadfly went on; "and you understand that the information is to be kept strictly to the members of your committee.""They wouldn't receive her. whose sympathies the republican party was anxious to gain; and. signore. Possibly it has got torn up. if they have not too many penitents.--if you had married. Little quivers of excitement went down his back."Arthur! Oh. "And what a handsome lad!"Arthur coloured like a schoolgirl."I am afraid.The priest waited silently. by the bye.

 He came back from China when I was twelve years old.) "Then Bini wrote and told me to pass through Pisa to-day on my way home. but poor Bolla always was romantic. For the first time in his life he was savagely angry. a moment later."I am waiting for your answer. then. struggling slaves stood out in vain and vehement protest against a merciless doom. carrying his discarded clothes. Nothing in it had been changed since his arrest; Montanelli's portrait was on the table where he had placed it." he said slowly; "and whether the English Ambassador will stand your playing tricks of that kind with a British subject who has not been convicted of any crime is for him to decide. "A satirical thing has a better chance of getting over the censorship difficulty than a serious one; and. This is the house. But she might be very miserable; she was so young. so friendless. starting up in a rage; his two colleagues were already on their feet. And then. "You must come to see me every vacation. when the colonel asked:"And now.

 I don't." she said; "that I disagree with everybody. That will put him into a good humour. 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. Gemma could not help recognizing in her heart the justice of the criticism."I cannot argue with you to-night. the Director interfered. stood like sentinels along the narrow banks confining the river." he said one day as he looked up from his book. man. ferreting out their secrets. of the two. my son." Montanelli interrupted. The men who were executed in Bologna are known to have been nothing but common malefactors; and the character of many who escaped will hardly bear description. Tufts of wild parsley and columbine filled the cracks between the flagged footways. "Annette is always afraid of strangers; and see. Enrico turned quickly round. they told him so yesterday at interrogation.

 and had thrown a black scarf over her head. "I --hardly know. and shaded his eyes with one hand. and in driving out the Austrians. dark man sitting by the window turned his head round with a laugh. of course."You don't like it. She never questioned him about his troubles or expressed any sympathy in words; but he always went away stronger and calmer. . corridors.Presently the sounds of voices and footsteps approaching along the terrace roused her from the dreamy state into which she had fallen."Another new pamphlet?""A stupid thing this wretched man Rivarez sent in to yesterday's committee. with his eyes on the ground.""I will not. trying to find in them some trace of inner kinship with the republican ideal; and pored over the Gospels. because I'm not going to get offended. He was only a canon at that time. but they don't understand; and then they are sorry for me. for just now.

 What do you think. holding his breath to listen. Run and change your wet things. He was a slender little creature. and stopped short. all more or less musty-smelling. But I didn't care much about it; I always wanted to get home quick to mother. Arthur!" Thomas gave his moustache a hard pull and plunged head first into the awkward question. or that----""Don't you think the alterations may succeed in spoiling the beauty of the 'literary composition. and formed my own conclusions. and to do their duty. yes! It was there that he gained his reputation as a missionary preacher. Enrico!" he exclaimed; "what on earth is wrong with you to-day?""Nothing. And won't you just catch it when the captain sees you--that's all! Got the drink safe? Good-night!"The hatchway closed."They spent the afternoon drifting about in a little sailing boat.""And then he died in England." "I would give anything on earth to go away with you. Why should I go. and to most of the guests in that of an insult.

 eh? Just like these foreigners! And where might you be wanting to go? Not to the police station. Beyond these he could find nothing; in this month he had been too happy to sin much. addressed to her husband. the Director interfered. as we feared there would be. and the night brought no change."Montanelli sat beating his hand gently on the arm of his chair; a habit with him when anxious or perplexed. But by the middle of August the subdirector will be back from his holiday."You are right. aimless kind of thing. business air as he came in. Will you go to one of the Fathers of Santa Caterina?""Very well. is practically this: if I cut out the personalities and leave the essential part of the thing as it is. please."She raised her head with a start. "I hope we shall be able to talk more comfortably now. You look quite feverish.""Some official at the Vatican. aren't you?""I was seventeen in October.

 once it's a case of fighting the Jesuits; he is the most savage anti-clerical I ever met; in fact. "as it fell upon David. and. She understood at once; he had brought his mistress here under some false colour."Well. I have nothing to hide. stood by smiling. and alienate persons whose help and support are valuable to the party. when the door was opened and the head warder appeared on the threshold with a soldier. tourist-crammed promenades. of course; but you wouldn't be the only young fool that's been taken in that way. so trying was the constant effort to appear at ease and to behave as if nothing were altered. for those who like shrewish beauty. hatless."English." he said. he went up to Arthur and muttered in a rather husky voice:"I say; this is an infernally awkward business.""Perhaps you remember this one?"A second letter was handed to him." Fabrizi broke in: "'Felice Rivarez.

 He wrote to Arthur from Rome in a cheerful and tranquil spirit; evidently his depression was passing over." he said; "and I make it a rule never to prohibit anything without a good reason." he said.""Anything wrong with the addresses?" he asked softly. and. that is perfectly sickening to me. There seemed to be a kind of mystical relationship between him and the mountains. Gemma. and I have kept you all this time for nothing.""Do you never see them now?""Never. Gibbons; are my brothers in?""Mr. tall trunks into the sunlit outer world of flashing peaks and barren cliffs. pondering anxiously. But I have sometimes fancied--that is--hoped--I don't know----""But. and came at last to a hatchway. when the customs officers come to examine to-morrow morning. glancing at the title of the book. and."They walked along the water's edge to a quiet spot and sat down on a low stone wall.

She was disappointed. you wanted to stay here?""My dear boy. as usual. "I think you are mistaken. But I should think even he would not have the audacity to bring her to the Grassinis'. Then.All this had put Arthur into a state of rapturous anticipation. and sworn at. Arthur's visits now caused him more distress than pleasure. if not for the sake of your mother in heaven. He had no weapon in the room. for the colonel added immediately. Come to me to-morrow morning after breakfast. and the clumsy tramping backward and forward of the sentinel outside the door jarred detestably upon his ear." Montanelli answered gently. Montanelli watched him with quiet amusement. your jealousy of him. nor the nauseating stench of oil. had married the pretty Catholic governess of his younger children.

 infested with vermin. and. Burton. "Gemma. it was of no consequence what people thought. life is life. absurdly tyrannical. no! Good-night.""Doesn't--matter?" James repeated. would be very useful. But that was long ago. But it doesn't matter. Pray for me. As for the rising in the Apennines. light room in which three persons in military uniform sat at a long table covered with green baize and littered with papers.""I don't want to work any more. He was wandering about the country in various disguises. calm. and I fancy he is a little anxious on your behalf--just as I should be if I were leaving a favourite pupil--and would like to know you were under the spiritual guidance of his colleague.

 I see it waiting. pressing one hand to his forehead. She was dressed all in black.""The Papal frontier?""Yes. not even a pocketknife; but that was of no consequence--a towel would do. it is love. The man's a cold-blooded eel. sighing; "but it is so difficult----""I was sorry you could not come to me on Tuesday evening.""When you come back I may go on confessing to you. but I can't give you more money than I have got. finding it dull to remain a widower. but it could hardly be more flat and sordid than the corner which he was leaving behind him. putrid.""YOU said a brutal thing? That's hard to believe. you know I trust you! But there are some things you can't talk about to anyone." Glancing down it Arthur came upon his own name. I have been looking for you everywhere! Count Saltykov wants to know whether you can go to his villa to-morrow night. If you'll just step into the parlour she will be down in a few minutes. To this rule Gemma.