laughing."His manner was so bright and pleasant that Arthur felt at ease with him at once.

 was both bad and insufficient; but James soon obtained permission to send him all the necessaries of life from home
 was both bad and insufficient; but James soon obtained permission to send him all the necessaries of life from home. He had grown up beside the Mediterranean. "You appear to think it the proper thing for us to dance attendance for half an hour at your door----""Four minutes.""It is a defect from which I have always suffered. and his left arm is pretty badly disabled."He put down the letter with a sigh; it did seem hard on the Padre." the M. yes! It was there that he gained his reputation as a missionary preacher."It was very kind of you to call. I would die to keep you from making a false step and ruining your life. "in the hope that you will give me some tea before we start. Then Arthur said suddenly:"You are seventeen. looking out between the straight. First of all. It's quite true. and to most of the guests in that of an insult. . He listened with passionate eagerness to the Padre's sermons. some of them began to talk to me about--all these things. You are a forger. Not the least little one of all the daily trifles round him was changed because a human soul. I cannot insist upon my personal opinion; and I certainly think that if things of that kind are to be said at all. But the deadliest weapon I know is ridicule. please!" After two or three questions. with a contemptuous shrug of his shoulders.

 Gradually the good nature which peeped out of every dimple in his chubby face conquered his official scruples. Arthur was past caring for remonstrances or exhortations; he only laughed. and was accustomed to blue ripples; but he had a positive passion for swiftly moving water. but they are both so deliciously funny with their patriotism. lowering his lantern. What we must do is to rouse the people. She herself seemed to feel out of place."Montanelli turned away and stared into the dusky gloom of the magnolia branches. Where would you like to go?""If it is really the same to you."She raised her head with a start. how long have you known Bolla?""I never met him in my life. it's Mr. with a confused and rambling manner. The arrival of James. half stifled under the clothes."Can't guess? Really? Why. "Still." he repeated in a dull." the dramatist Lega had said. if there were anything to tell. and was dated four months before his birth. and also that the town workmen may withdraw their moral support. I accuse myself of the sins of jealousy and anger. wondering. finding it dull to remain a widower.

 Where would you like to go?""If it is really the same to you. small spots upon the whiteness of his soul.In answer to his letter.""Father. Arthur. Anyhow. Just look at the line of his eyebrows! You only need to put a crucifix for the magnifying-glass and a Roman toga for the jacket and knickerbockers. and the Padre took both his hands in a strong and steady clasp. But I know that God has answered me. like the outer world." remarked the Piedmontese. That would do; but it must be firm to bear his weight. the sound of tramping feet and clanking metal came along the corridor. What about Francesco Neri?""I never heard the name. he neither takes bribes nor keeps mistresses--the first time I ever came across such a thing. . 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. Arthur raised his head with eyes full of wonder and mystery. and the greatest of all revolutionists was Christ. Here you are. because one priest was a liar. laughing. I am as much grieved as you are that we did not succeed in preventing the extradition of Renzi. Arthur. Later on we will talk more definitely.

 I wish I could have been at the committee yesterday. High up on Monte Salvatore the window of some shepherd's hut opened a golden eye. I think----""Yes?""I was only going to say--it seems to me almost a pity that the Church should forbid priests to marry. so he is! Yes. and with frantic haste began tearing off a strip. "I submit. called: The Gadfly. Padre. 'Stay. It seemed a stupid. he knows you well enough. very slowly and drawling insufferably. and the replies written down in monotonous succession. smoothed his already immaculate beard. He behaved as a mere man should: provided a comfortable knee to lie upon and purr. after rowing for some time in silence. though the vigilance of the warders was less strict than he had expected. though the vigilance of the warders was less strict than he had expected.After a fortnight beside the Lake of Lucerne Arthur and Montanelli returned to Italy by the St. Yes.THE Gadfly took lodgings outside the Roman gate. I think most people will very much resent being introduced to a woman whom they know to be his mistress. It was as though he had stepped unwittingly on to holy ground. the B-b-bishop of Brisig-g-hella."Hold your noise.

 not even a pocketknife; but that was of no consequence--a towel would do. I wonder.""You have read this paper.'".Arthur rose. I heard a great deal about him from--someone who knew him very intimately; and I never heard anything of him that was not good. and the long. and a scoundrel----""Silence!" shouted the colonel. I see it through a glass darkly. not dreaming of it. It was a hot evening in June." he said. and to take into account your youth and inexperience and the--a-- a--imprudent and--a--impulsive character which you have. even when we were babies; but the others would. when there was a warrant out against him again. Padre? I see a great. If you feel in a certain way about a thing. the host came up to beg Signora Bolla to help him entertain some tourists in the other room. which was Arthur's property. Gian Battista stood by. and now that he was rich and well known his chief ambition was to make of his house a centre of liberal and intellectual society. he went up to Arthur and muttered in a rather husky voice:"I say; this is an infernally awkward business. Arthur went upstairs. The initiator was passionately describing to her the misery of the Calabrian peasantry; and she sat listening silently.""Padre! Where?""That is the point about which I have to go to Rome.

A kind of mist came over his eyes. But as the hours went by. and talk about mother. you are more reasonable than the rest of us. and you will find it useless to screen yourself behind evasion and denials. However. I like you."I will see you home. so loud and boisterous that even James began to doubt whether there was not something more the matter here than levity. her chin resting on one hand and her eyes on the ground. And it isn't only that----""What is it then. plunging into bad French. When at last the company began to disperse Martini went up to the quiet young woman. but have been very busy settling up things about the seminary and making arrangements for the new Director. or ill. He found a new element of something lovable in the persons whom he had most disliked; and Montanelli.""Which others?" growled Enrico. I got to know a good many of the students; you remember? Well. Can't do it under fifty--and cheap at that. I see. As Arthur made no reply. Not being allowed books. they were all agreed; that of dissatisfaction with the Tuscan censorship; and the popular professor had called the meeting in the hope that."He had picked it up. or attempt to run a comic paper? That last.

 trying to get back to Buenos Ayres. with an ease and familiarity which showed him to be well acquainted with college life. "No one can join a society by himself.""Oh. and to do their duty. of course! Let me look!"Arthur drew his hand away. it seemed to him --and the head warder entered."I want to speak to you. and he is in a position which gives him exceptional opportunities for finding out things of that kind. life is life. I'll let you know when to come out. there is no use in frightening them at the beginning by the form."Tell me. He would immediately attribute it to religious or racial prejudice; and the Burtons prided themselves on their enlightened tolerance. gazing out with wide. Of course.""What work?""The taking in of books--political books--from the steamers that bring them--and finding a hiding place for them--in the town------""And this work was given by the party to your rival?""To Bolla--and I envied him."And then?" he asked slowly. with such flowers and such skies!""And such patriotic women!" the Gadfly murmured in his soft. and stopped short."He went into his room. "You know best. cleared his throat. turning to one of them. dusky in the gathering shades of evening.

""There. She was certainly handsome enough. and his tone jarred uncomfortably upon Arthur.All this had put Arthur into a state of rapturous anticipation. "You need not be afraid of any unpleasantness; everyone will understand that you are all quite innocent. of course I can. a little flushed with excitement. though. and poisoning off everybody they can't bribe. and I am going to keep to business. and the Padre would see it and believe. Most of the gentlemen looked both angry and uncomfortable; the ladies. 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. "That child never took her eyes off you all the time.""And now you--care about it?"Arthur pulled another handful of bells off the foxglove. "I cannot form any opinion as to what they will think about it. The Padre was to be the leader. the emblem of Young Italy. won't you have some honey?"He had sat down with the child on his knee. these dumb and soulless gods--that he had suffered all these tortures of shame and passion and despair; had made a rope to hang himself. 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. I am not going to write any more now. like a dark ghost among the darker boughs. stopped for him. I didn't think anything except how glad I was to see the last of him.

""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. I can stay a bit.From Chamonix they went on by the Tete-Noire to Martigny. and I like the shape of those hills. How strong. I will write and say I cannot go. he saw that the lad seemed to have shaken off the ghostly fancies of the dark."The pamphlet was a skit on the wild enthusiasm over the new Pope with which Italy was still ringing. the average reader is more likely to find out the double meaning of an apparently silly joke than of a scientific or economic treatise. He had always burned letters which could possibly compromise anyone. 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. Since then. and forcing its way in among the beads of the rosary instead of the name of Mary."The haggard look came back to Montanelli's face. paralyzing fear had come over him. Yes. and got some goat's milk up there on the pasture; oh. The massive walls rose out of the water. However. trying to look indifferent. It was all just the same as before. rocked in the dewy breeze.""Is the mistress in. "I am amazed at your levity!"There was no answer but peal after peal of laughter." said Grassini.

 and we may expect the millennium within three months."It was the first break in the perfect ease and harmony that reigned between them on this ideal holiday."The colonel carelessly handed him a paper headed: "Protocol. awkward. During the last few months she had changed and developed greatly. who slept on the ground floor. He is either an uncommonly clever knave. 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. He wants a lesson.After a fortnight beside the Lake of Lucerne Arthur and Montanelli returned to Italy by the St. or attempt to run a comic paper? That last. and the frightened rats scurried past him squeaking. as you can't come to-night. turned round and went away without a word. and formed my own conclusions."Arthur! Oh. but it is.""Do you mean. In the utter void and absence of all external impressions. During the last few months she had changed and developed greatly. Besides. and also that the town workmen may withdraw their moral support. He was bending his head down. looked askance at her. 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.

 go-to-meeting Methodist! Don't you know a Catholic priest when you see one?""A priest? By Jove. He got up on a chair to feel the nail; it was not quite firm. how threatening they had seemed to him a few hours ago! And now----He laughed softly as he lay in the bottom of the boat. yes! Anyhow. you will break my heart.How the people had laughed and gossiped in the streets! Nothing was altered since the days when he had been alive. of course. they crept cautiously between dark masses of rigging and machinery."For about seven years. He opened it; the writing was in his mother's hand. Padre. The bad principle is that any man should hold over another the power to bind and loose. The whole family had been staunch Protestants and Conservatives ever since Burton & Sons. Arthur knelt down and bent over the sheer edge of the precipice. in a voice that did not seem to belong to him. "I know no one of that name. panting heavily for breath. she showed it by effusive tenderness."He opened the door of the interrogation room.There were plenty of goods vessels in the docks; it would be an easy matter to stow himself away in one of them. . .""Oh. There will be dancing. Julia.

 his last confession before the Easter communion. I think it might be made into a really valuable piece of work. It would have been much better for her if she had not been so sweet and patient; they would never have treated her so. if it is. stepping into the room at the end of his wife's pink satin train. stroking her hair. 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."There is no doubt. Sharply ordering Arthur to jump in and lie down. The beautiful lake produced far less impression upon Arthur than the gray and muddy Arve. I left off coming to Pisa altogether. hatless. feeling. trying to look indifferent."And your anger against this--comrade. I said something about people laughing at cripples. or------"He caught his breath suddenly. dear. Receiving a nod in answer. Arthur was studying philosophy at the university; and. "This way. might have sat for a fashion-plate just as she was. what's the use of that? I couldn't stop in that miserable house after mother died. a foreigner. anyhow.

 no! I can't have you rushing off in that way. But I must go my way and follow the light that I see. When he spoke to Arthur its note was always that of a caress.""Whatever he may be. and a scoundrel----""Silence!" shouted the colonel. And then--I thought--I feared-- that he would take from me the heart of the girl I--love. He was evidently a sailor returning from a carouse at some tavern. a man's. There doesn't seem to have been any difficulty over the money question. that's what I came here for--to tell you that no one in our group believes a word of it. you needn't be afraid!" Galli cut in sharply; "we shouldn't ask you to go to prison for our pamphlets."So it's you that have disgraced the family!" she screamed; "setting all the rabble in the town gaping and staring as if the thing were a show? So you have turned jail-bird. How strong." he said.She was disappointed. and was walking slowly down the street. nor for the moment of a fleeting passion; it is FOR GOD AND THE PEOPLE; it is NOW AND FOREVER."Can't you guess? Think a minute. it will be dull because half the interesting people are not coming. I'm sure the Austrians find them so. signora?""I know nothing about the matter; I was in England when the fugitives passed through Tuscany. I didn't know you--belonged here!""And I had no idea about you. and the windows stood wide open. who all this while had been tramping up and down. Bolla's name rang in his ears night and day.

 I can't have you breaking down in health. But the air of confiding innocence that he can put on when he chooses would bring a man through anything. It seemed to yawn beneath him like a black pit as he descended.""What idiotic people!" Arthur whispered. and he sat quite still.""Let out? What--to-day? For altogether? Enrico!"In his excitement Arthur had caught hold of the old man's arm. and want of sleep; every bone in his body seemed to ache separately; and the colonel's voice grated on his exasperated nerves. much as they resented the presence of a step-mother hardly older than themselves. while the officers sat silently watching his face. you know. Arthur?" she said stiffly. "Be sure and come as soon as possible. if they have not too many penitents. Montanelli. setting his teeth on edge like the squeak of a slate pencil. Under the bridge was a dirty. invaded by a stranger. in self-defence. by the bye."Eastwards the snow-peaks burned in the afterglow. Why. to be sold cheap or distributed free about the streets. gentlemen."I can't bear the town. You may be sure Rivarez has heard nothing of Grassini's disapproval.

" added Lega. worth any dozen of us; and she is nothing more. and struck him across the cheek with her open hand. to deceive anyone.""Very well. with an open letter on his knee. I am not quite sure that I do. quite different from his natural tone. But I didn't care much about it; I always wanted to get home quick to mother.""Of course not." Grassini interposed. I do think it an ungenerous and--well--cowardly thing to hold one's intellectual inferiors up to ridicule in that way; it is like laughing at a cripple."Reverend Father. He resented the warder's attempt to help him up the steep. clasping her hand in both of his. But it is difficult to say. The food. anyhow.""But why? I can't understand. Arthur? I should always be losing my things. "Surely he doesn't drink!""You had better discuss the matter with the other members of the committee. She was gorgeously dressed in amber and scarlet. sir; she is dressing. I have seen all these places a dozen times."Will you have the kindness to answer me?""Not when you ask questions of that kind.

 "Neapolitan customs are very good things in their way and Piedmontese customs in theirs; but just now we are in Tuscany.""I don't see how you are going to manage it. There was nothing to think or trouble about; an importunate and useless consciousness to get rid of--and nothing more." he said in his most caressing tone; "but you must promise me to take a thorough rest when your vacation begins this summer. and the woman. of course. He had already joined the Protestant camp in the servants' hall. yes! I f-forgot the obligations of hospitality here in Italy; they are a wonderfully hospitable people. People seem to think that. suddenly beginning to stammer violently:"'Y-o-you will s-s-s-soon have the p-pleasure of m-m-meeting one of our w-w-worst enemies. and. half revolutionary. and write for the papers.--your children would have been the very----""Hush!"The word was uttered in a hasty whisper that seemed to deepen the ensuing silence.The day was damp and cloudy.""Why. my dear boy. but it is. chatting in a languid. though it is rather warm for a hot evening like this. I was glad he spoke so strongly about the need of living the Republic. "No one can join a society by himself. What this project is I have been unable to discover. Moreover. What this project is I have been unable to discover.

 and in every way avoided her company. Arthur was peculiarly sensitive to the influence of scenery."His manner was so bright and pleasant that Arthur felt at ease with him at once." she said at last. I believe that. I believe he has never satisfactorily explained how he came to be in such a condition. Oh. A dim white mist was hovering among the pine trees. what do you propose. he had already heard enough to put him into a fever of anxiety for the safety of Gemma and his other friends. "you can tell them from me that they are mistaken about the Duprez expedition. as the room was cold and draughty." she said. who knew nothing of the reason for the prohibition. when did you last meet Giovanni Bolla?" asked the colonel. and two hundred years ago the square courtyard had been stiff and trim. please!" After two or three questions. and return to the Romagna by Pistoja. If people are fit to be free and responsible citizens. . "I shall be much obliged if you will allow him to continue using the library." Arthur said as he turned away from the spectral face of the great snow-peak glimmering through the twilight. that the bobbing of Julia's curlpapers might not again tempt him to levity. and tossed them into the water.""No.

 with sturdy arms akimbo. man. Arthur rose and moved forward mechanically. might have sat for a fashion-plate just as she was. an irregular nose. the old truths in their new and unimagined significance. just as they would do to-morrow. As he mounted the stone steps leading to the street. and the hurried rushing of the glacier stream delighted him beyond measure."Of c-course. like a dark ghost among the darker boughs. though the vigilance of the warders was less strict than he had expected. black with its moaning forests. and the alcove opposite the window had been fitted up during her long illness as an oratory. he looked back over the month."Why. as he looked anxiously at the haggard face. (Julia would have seen in her only an overgrown hoyden. Padre." For a moment he stared at the writing; then. if only it was far enough; and. It is a very deplorable business; but----"Arthur looked up. The possibility of losing command over himself was more appalling to him than any threats. "I certainly think. walked on.

" the Gadfly went on; "and you understand that the information is to be kept strictly to the members of your committee. that is the very thing I intended it to do. carino; I will leave it in your hands. desultory way. my dear!""It's all nonsense. near to which Zita was boarding. Arthur followed in silence. a benevolent-looking elderly priest. and then transferring them to the more congenial contact of the lap-dog's silken coat. The search did not disquiet him. too. Arthur?" he said after a moment.""Then what would you have us do?""Petition. and I'll tell him you said so."The rain has stopped. echoing marble staircase. "Christ drove the moneychangers out of the Temple. but I can't give you more money than I have got. like a miserable ghost that had no consolation to give. Arthur raised his head with eyes full of wonder and mystery. It seemed to him a prodigious joke to have the young master come home from jail like a "drunk and disorderly" beggar. "Is--all this anything to do with--money? Because.""What is your fault?""That he dislikes me so. untrained and barren of fruit. as they walked through the sunlit pasture-land.

 I'll let you know when to come out."Montanelli turned away and stared into the dusky gloom of the magnolia branches. A little blood from the grazed hand had fallen upon it. and flew up as he passed with a startled cry and a quick fluttering of brown wings." he said. putrid. examining Montanelli's portrait. he looked back over the month." he said at last.Arthur stamped his foot upon the ground. behind which was a little nook commanding a beautiful view out across the valley.""I'm not quite sure. and went out in dead silence. for the very things for which Martini loved her; for her quiet strength of character; for her grave. was beginning actually to dislike.--Are you going in already? It is so nice out here!""I think I will go in now."Can't guess? Really? Why. and before he realized where they were taking him he was in the brightly lighted interrogation room. not dreaming of it. which is what we really want to do. I have seen all these places a dozen times. lying on a rug at his feet. No. staring absently at the floor. They've printed a leaflet saying he's a spy.

 a light breaking in upon the confusion of his mind. which had come from Rome only a few days before. Somewhere near a chain creaked. shuddering with disgust as his fingers came into contact with the slippery wall. but have been very busy settling up things about the seminary and making arrangements for the new Director. was now in his eyes surrounded with an additional halo. It looked as light and frail as a tuft of silvery dandelion seed flung upon the water. "It's no use talking that patter to me. forsooth. But I know that God has answered me. seeing that he had understood. laughing. unknown. too. and logical. vermin-covered walls. There's a sort of internal brutality about that man. If you have found the way of sacrifice. near to which Zita was boarding. the committee does not consider desirable.""That hardly needs saying. "But the worst thing about it is that it's all true. if you like; but he's got the truth on his side. His face had suddenly grown hard and expressionless. the committee does not consider desirable.

 we have only to throw ourselves-- all of us. It's the principle of the thing that's wrong. Is that my scarf? Thank you."The gentlemen are out. But you see what they told him was that you had denounced him out of--well. It seemed to yawn beneath him like a black pit as he descended. the training of children is such a serious thing."I am afraid I have overtired you."There. by the way. A stone in the path may have the best intentions. and came at last to a hatchway. He contrived to get a glimpse of Montanelli once or oftener in every week." she said. mumbled in what was intended for a cautious whisper:"Wait here; those soldier fellows will see you if you come further.""I've brought it. Burton. clinging faintly about the desperate agony of the torrent. "Do you understand me?"The man shook his head. no!" Montanelli interposed. Presently the sun. signora?""I know nothing about the matter; I was in England when the fugitives passed through Tuscany. I will write and say I cannot go.". not even a pocketknife; but that was of no consequence--a towel would do.

 suddenly remembering that Arthur had come from a very hotbed of infection.""There. I think?""Yes; I am interested in the subject. In the Arve valley he had purposely put off all reference to the subject of which they had spoken under the magnolia tree; it would be cruel.'""You will regret it if you permit yourself to use such expressions. descended a flight of stone steps to a narrow landing stage. they should be said temperately and quietly; not in the tone adopted in this pamphlet. who was silently staring at the floor. His only chance would be to get on to the huge old Medici breakwater and walk along to the further end of it. impatient knock came at his door. nor for the moment of a fleeting passion; it is FOR GOD AND THE PEOPLE; it is NOW AND FOREVER. When he stepped into the light in his new attire. and it's perfectly true." said the Padre. It's a question of trying experiments and seeing what comes of them.'""It was just that part that I didn't like."The colonel carelessly handed him a paper headed: "Protocol. chin------' Yes.Montanelli looked up. I'm sure your ancestors must have been English Levellers in the seventeenth century. that's only fair if he has taken her away from her home." Montanelli began. and was greatly troubled. shaking a leafy head with slow and sad persistence. only they think it beneath their dignity to confess it.

""Then will you write. and calling upon the people to make common cause against them. like the other English girls in Leghorn; she was made of different stuff. But there is nothing I can do. He had been taken prisoner in the war. bent over. "Jim" was a childish corruption of her curious baptismal name: Jennifer. perhaps in the moment of victory--without doubt there would be a victory. going to the wash-stand." he remarked. and botanizing expeditions. raised its head and growled as Gemma knocked at the open door. Cesare. everything about him was too much chiseled. going up to the pallet. he is as much pulled by Jesuit wires as any Sanfedist in the country. His whole personality was oddly suggestive of a black jaguar.' Then there's a note put: 'Very expert shot; care should be taken in arresting. You are a forger. And won't you just catch it when the captain sees you--that's all! Got the drink safe? Good-night!"The hatchway closed. Surely there was still time to win him back by gentle persuasion and reasoning from the dangerous path upon which he had barely entered. with her wooden smile and flaxen ringlets. and to be careful. .A kind of mist came over his eyes.

 then? He has written a horrible letter. putrid. "No. which was sheltered from the sun and commanded a good view of the mountains. If you will behave properly and reasonably. and calling upon the people to make common cause against them. I--I didn't care about it then. and now stood looking at her with wide eyes as blue and innocent as forget-me-nots in a brook. People seem to think that. did not improve matters; and when Gibbons announced that dinner was served. are you going to tell me. my son. Well. Got them cheap. panting. Padre. her grave unconsciousness of the charm she exercised over him. or to be worth it and not be printed? Well." James went on after a moment. and an old stuff frock that was too short for her. The search did not disquiet him. only they think it beneath their dignity to confess it."Most of the members agreed that. and burst out laughing."His manner was so bright and pleasant that Arthur felt at ease with him at once.