he succeeding
volumes of the trilogy; and when, after that marvellous scene in the
gardener's house, we reluctantly bid farewell to the Saint, our first
thought is a hope that the master may soon resume his magic pen and
continue the struggle for the purification and regeneration of the
Faith, and, through the Faith, of Mankind.

MARY PRICHARD-AGNETTI.
BERCETO, ITALY,
_October, 1906_.

CONTENTS

_PART FIRST_
PAGE

CHAPTER I

RISOTTO AND TRUFFLES 1

CHAPTER II

ON THE THRESHOLD OF A NEW LIFE 25

CHAPTER III

THE GREAT STEP 39

CHAPTER IV

CARLIN'S LETTER 68

CHAPTER V

THE ROGUE AT WORK 85

CHAPTER VI

THE OLD LADY OF MARBLE 109

_PART SECOND_

CHAPTER I

FISHERMEN 117

CHAPTER II

THE MOONSHINE AND CLOUD SONATA 133

CHAPTER III

THE GLOVED HAND 169

CHAPTER IV

THE HAND WITHIN THE GLOVE 180

CHAPTER V

THE SECRET OF THE WIND AND THE WALNUT TREES 201

CHAPTER VI

THE TRUMP CARD APPEARS 214

CHAPTER VII

THE PROFESSOR PLAYS HIS TRUMP CARD 230

CHAPTER VIII

HOURS OF BITTERNESS 240

CHAPTER IX

FOR BREAD, FOR ITALY, FOR GOD 285

CHAPTER X

SIGNORA LUISA, COME HOME! 305

CHAPTER XI

SHADOWS AND DAWN 331

CHAPTER XII

PHANTOMS 352

CHAPTER XIII

FLIGHT 366

_PART THIRD_

CHAPTER I

THE SAGE SPEAKS