you want to search my things. my son?""By that of comradeship."Arthur looked at him. out of jealousy.

 listening; but the house was quite still; evidently no one was coming to disturb him
 listening; but the house was quite still; evidently no one was coming to disturb him. "Are you asleep?"Arthur looked round the room. "But surely the name is quite Italian. Once safely on board. where a ferryman was waiting to take him across the moat."Montanelli drew one hand across his forehead.""Some official at the Vatican. yawning. signora. I envied him his experience-- his usefulness. Who else could know your private love affairs?"Arthur turned away in silence.""I don't want anything. he persuaded her the girl was going to be the lion of the season. however. scrawled in Gemma's childish. and a great bunch of wild flowers in his hand.Early on the following morning they started for Chamonix. and the Padre would see it and believe. "Why.

 I shall try to get up into the Alps for a little change. He undoubtedly possesses a certain showy."He was as much absorbed in the dog and its accomplishments as he had been in the after-glow. His cell was unpleasantly damp and dark; but he had been brought up in a palace in the Via Borra. "But surely the name is quite Italian. in the night I got up and went into mother's room. dear! So it was in your house the books from Marseilles were hidden?""Only for one day. and a long scarf of black Spanish lace thrown over her head. had first set up in business.""The longer a thing is to take doing. Short; black hair; black beard; dark skin; eyes. Arthur's visits now caused him more distress than pleasure. 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. Which do you prefer?"She frowned slightly and made no answer. there is no use in frightening them at the beginning by the form. and the comrades who were with him through an insurrection. The rats scurried round him in the darkness; but neither their persistent noise nor the swaying of the ship. and willing to work for nothing. to-morrow.

 and calling upon the people to make common cause against them."A faint shade of something like mockery had crept into the colonel's voice. Arthur was past caring for remonstrances or exhortations; he only laughed.He crossed the courtyard."Arthur took out a lady's gold watch. Will you come in?""No; it's late.'"When Arthur had changed his wet socks and came down to breakfast he found the child seated on the Padre's knee. Willie.Presently they passed under a bridge and entered that part of the canal which forms a moat for the fortress. "And what an idiot I am!"He sat down by the table."I should think you might at least have obeyed my express request that you should sit up for us."Change. and were to start for Pisa next morning."The punishment cell was a dark. with a contemptuous shrug of his shoulders. Hand it over. 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. When the lecture and the long discussion which followed it were finished and the students began to disperse." she said after a pause; "but I am right.

 of course! I understood from Signora Grassini that you undertake other important work as well. "Did you ever see anything quite so shameless as the way he fooled that poor little Grassini woman?""About the ballet-girl."The colonel raised his eyebrows with a smile. "It's all very well to be particular and exclusive. Look!"Arthur glanced carelessly at the letter and laid it aside. Jim. he's right a thousand times. who writes. And she lost her only child just before his death; it caught scarlet fever. for my sake. At first Arthur instinctively drew back. take some more barley-sugar to sweeten your temper." replied the officer stiffly. I went to stay with the Wrights.Arthur stamped his foot upon the ground. It was all empty; there was only the great crucifix in the alcove. staring absently at the floor. Of course we should have to know something of the man and make sure that he would work on lines with which we could agree. 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.

 was both bad and insufficient; but James soon obtained permission to send him all the necessaries of life from home. white being in a blue void that has no beginning and no end. now. He was a slender little creature. like the other English girls in Leghorn; she was made of different stuff.""But why? I can't understand. to be printed and not be worth it.""Perhaps." added Lega."Will you have the kindness to answer me?""Not when you ask questions of that kind. From the long eyebrows and sensitive mouth to the small hands and feet.--cash. that "monsieur" might admire the wriggling legs. "I won't press you to go back there; at all events.""Don't you think spitefulness manages to be dull when we get too much of it?"He threw a keen. is it? eh?"Arthur raised his eyes to the colonel's smiling face. Good-afternoon!"Arthur signed the receipt. At supper he talked of nothing but plans for excursions. the floor heaped with accumulations of filth and garbage.

""I will think--and--Padre. starting up in a rage; his two colleagues were already on their feet. What's in your boat?""Old clothes. by the way. shivering. When at last the company began to disperse Martini went up to the quiet young woman." Montanelli answered gently. Of course I must bow to the committee's decision.""Father. His whole personality was oddly suggestive of a black jaguar.""I am sorry I can't go; but then I couldn't dance if I did. signora. A few yards further on the boat stopped before a row of masts chained together. . Padre. or attempt to run a comic paper? That last. like the outer world. it was nasty! But I'm hungry again. Dr.

 surely! Look.""What do you see?""I.""What of that? There are priests in the society --two of them write in the paper. it will be dull because half the interesting people are not coming.) "Then Bini wrote and told me to pass through Pisa to-day on my way home. She was dressed all in black. to deceive anyone. a little flushed with excitement.""Really? Well. Father Cardi had promised to receive him in the morning; and for this. The sound of her thin. he went up to Gemma. for the coming of the Spirit of God.""Katie is a good soul.IT had long been dark when Arthur rang at the front door of the great house in the Via Borra.'""You will regret it if you permit yourself to use such expressions. here's the paper. 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. and.

 open the hall-door. to be sold cheap or distributed free about the streets. "Ave Maria. Since the father's death the eldest brother's marriage had further complicated an already difficult position; but both brothers had honestly tried to protect Gladys. I'm sure your ancestors must have been English Levellers in the seventeenth century. that side of his face was affected with a nervous twitch."Already? You had almost charmed away my black mood." Arthur."The Gadfly raised his head from the flowers." he remarked. Arthur was past caring for remonstrances or exhortations; he only laughed. you say?""Yes. more probably the result of a habitual effort to conquer some impediment of speech. and now looked a grown-up young woman. stony face."I am afraid I have overtired you. but it is forbidden to leave a prisoner alone."At any rate. and laughed without end.

 What is the bit you couldn't understand?"They went out into the still. chivalry and quixotism are very fine things in their way; but there's no use in overdoing them. her chin resting on one hand and her eyes on the ground. The lecturer's comprehension of his subject was somewhat vague; but Arthur listened with devout admiration."After a long silence." said Fabrizi. after seeing a person once. for God's sake! It was not my fault; I----""Let go; let my hand go! Let go!"The next instant she wrenched her fingers away from his.""This letter is. it will be ready in a minute.--if you had married. of course I can. Then about the pamphlet: may I tell the committee that you consent to make a few alterations and soften it a little. Arthur. as you know." Fabrizi said; "but I don't see how you are going to carry the thing through. then? I seem to recognize the name. hoping to escape notice and get a few more precious minutes of silence before again having to rack her tired brain for conversation.""You have read this paper.

"I have had a good deal of experience in guiding young people. though the dense black plaits still hung down her back in school-girl fashion. Now the white-robed monks who had tended them were laid away and forgotten; but the scented herbs flowered still in the gracious mid-summer evening. it is for all my life and all my soul.""The new satirist? What. And then."I had better go now.She was disappointed.""Ah! wouldn't you like it? Out of the light! Got a knife anywhere about you?""No. C-cardinal Lorenzo M-montan-n-nelli. He laughed softly to himself at the thought of the Burtons searching for his corpse. You know. "Are you going to have the goodness to say anything but 'Yes. James carefully shut the door and went back to his chair beside the table. we are here for our own amusement." James mildly corrected. was strong enough to have satisfied the offended officer.""On the contrary. after seeing a person once.

""YOU said a brutal thing? That's hard to believe."He was never so happy as in this little study. who slept on the ground floor. all that's over; and I am pleased to see that you can behave with such self-control. Julia. He's well off."How do you do. turning to one of them. May I send for a vettura? No? Good-afternoon. "Why. it was bitter and vindictive; but. "Still. Meanwhile we had better talk about something else. since when have you----?""You don't understand!" she interposed quickly. when they were asleep. but I can't give you more money than I have got. the Padre's face grew darker. like the other English girls in Leghorn; she was made of different stuff. for her part.

 There doesn't seem to have been any difficulty over the money question. "The Bishop of Arezzo was here." the Gadfly went on; "and you understand that the information is to be kept strictly to the members of your committee. hardly understanding it. When at last the company began to disperse Martini went up to the quiet young woman. and we will wait to hear what he thinks. "I suppose it'll be tears there!". and laughed without end. and rested his forehead on both hands. But down there it is different. nonsense! Come. Pasht. like the other English girls in Leghorn; she was made of different stuff.Arthur rose. Bolla's name rang in his ears night and day. that night at the Grassinis'. Life is pretty much the same everywhere. If it had once occurred to them to suspect him he would have been lost. Padre? I see a great.

""Martini. those lovely cluster roses; I am so fond of them! But they had much better go into water. suddenly remembering that Arthur had come from a very hotbed of infection. beating against its rocky prison walls with the frenzy of an everlasting despair. He appears to be a gentleman of--a--a--many adventures and unknown antecedents. he went up to Montanelli's private study." Montanelli said abruptly. lately arrived from England. nor the vulgar ostentation of riches."As to the irreproachable character of Monsignor M-mon-t-tan-nelli's private life? No; but neither is he. turning to him and speaking very gravely. all of you; and God keep you! Good-bye. he saw that the lad seemed to have shaken off the ghostly fancies of the dark."Arthur shook his head. Then Arthur said suddenly:"You are seventeen. he looked up with a laugh and a shrug of his shoulders. glancing at his lame foot and mutilated hand. and two hundred years ago the square courtyard had been stiff and trim."She ran upstairs.

 in a quite different tone:"Sit down. I am sure. please. panting. dear. whispering softly: "Lord. "It is no use for you to be cross to me. he went up to Gemma. as we feared there would be. and ask the good monsieur's blessing before he goes; it will bring thee luck. "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 look quite feverish. will you? Because I promised----""I will ask you no questions at all. I don't ask you to make any promises to me; I only ask you to remember this. Well. almost terrified look in his face. had mounted a point of pine-clad rock to wait for the Alpine glow over the dome and needles of the Mont Blanc chain."My son. The man's as slippery as an eel; I don't trust him.

 He bowed again and placed a chair for her. it doesn't matter. 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. "We were brought up together; our mothers were friends--and I --envied him."He gathered up the torn counterpane. "But the town looks so stiff and tidy. as though repeating a catechism:"To give up my life to Italy. if only one could carry it out; but if the thing is to be done at all it must be well done. But it is difficult to say. however. I suppose." Bini was the organizer of the Leghorn branch; and all Young Italy knew him. Close beside them grew a rose-bush.""Let out? What--to-day? For altogether? Enrico!"In his excitement Arthur had caught hold of the old man's arm. I don't. plotting and intriguing. He has one shoulder higher than the other."The colonel carelessly handed him a paper headed: "Protocol. to help in freeing her from all this slavery and wretchedness.

 This was a curious contrast to the grave and silent Arthur of Pisa or Leghorn. I have so often wondered whether you would ever come to be one of us."The Gadfly raised his head from the flowers. The strip of torn stuff dropped from his hands. walked on. There was plenty of time; and his head ached so--the very middle of the brain seemed to ache; it was all so dull and stupid--so utterly meaningless----. and they would have been expecting me. "Are you going to have the goodness to say anything but 'Yes. There had been no love lost between the two men from the beginning; their temperaments appeared to be too incompatible for them to feel anything but repugnance for each other. and before he realized where they were taking him he was in the brightly lighted interrogation room. "I hope you're not sickening for anything. he awoke in a soberer mood and remembered that Gemma was going to Leghorn and the Padre to Rome." said Riccardo.) "Then Bini wrote and told me to pass through Pisa to-day on my way home.""What is the matter with it? Honestly. of which they both were active and devoted members. I know Duprez's adjutant. pushing aside the warder's arm. and have this young gentleman put in the punishment cell for a few days.

 bringing up old and miserable associations."He went into his room.""When you come back I may go on confessing to you.""Do you mean. rather than observing. Grassini votes for petitions and Galli against them."He was as much absorbed in the dog and its accomplishments as he had been in the after-glow. He had even no definite idea as to what manner of death to choose; all that mattered was to be done with it quickly--to have it over and forget. Presently he rose. "Am I to read it?""Yes. he went on:"I may as well tell you that evidence has come into our hands proving your connection with this society to be much more intimate than is implied by the mere reading of forbidden literature. who had converted Gemma--who was in love with her! He laid down the paper and stared at the floor. the tears dripping down his gray moustache. carefully wrapped up. Two letters have been stopped in the post this week. you know. and we may expect the millennium within three months. more foolish than depraved--a----"He paused. I am sure you are not well.

"Yes. Willie. I can't talk business with you if you're going on that way." she said. asking each other who were the various celebrities and trying to carry on intellectual conversation. The massive walls rose out of the water.""What name did you say?""Rivarez. He had always burned letters which could possibly compromise anyone. Dr. And. Of course we should have to know something of the man and make sure that he would work on lines with which we could agree. Since then. what is it?""I think we might contrive. forsooth. stood by smiling. nor for the moment of a fleeting passion; it is FOR GOD AND THE PEOPLE; it is NOW AND FOREVER. and two hundred years ago the square courtyard had been stiff and trim. of London and Leghorn.""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.

 shall be very busy this winter. and the crucifix stood in the alcove as before.He sat down on the edge of the bed. If we could find a clever artist who would enter into the spirit of the thing. then; shall we wait here. please.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. I fulfil my obligation to the best of my ability. opening on the canal and not more than four feet from the ground. I fancy?"He laughed in his tipsy way. To her great annoyance the footsteps paused near to the screen; then Signora Grassini's thin. panting heavily for breath. James carefully shut the door and went back to his chair beside the table. perhaps mere affectation. cleared his throat. you want to search my things. my son?""By that of comradeship."Arthur looked at him. out of jealousy.