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ON THE ROAD TO ROME. THE BLACK ROBE by Wilkie Collins BEFORE THE STORY. FIRST SCENE.—BOULOGNE-SUR-MER.—THE DUEL. I. THE doctors could do no more for the Dowager Lady Berrick. When the medical adv…
THE CONFIDENCES. IN an upper room of one of the palatial houses which are situated on the north side of Hyde Park, two ladies sat at breakfast, and gossiped over their tea. The elder of the two was…
THE JESUITS. FATHER BENWELL rose, and welcomed the visitor with his paternal smile. “I am heartily glad to see you,” he said—and held out his hand with a becoming mixture of dignity and cordiality. …
THE INTRODUCTION TO ROMAYNE. “EXCEPTING my employment here in the library,” Father Benwell began, “and some interesting conversation with Lord Loring, to which I shall presently allude, I am almost …
FATHER BENWELL HITS. ART has its trials as well as its triumphs. It is powerless to assert itself against the sordid interests of everyday life. The greatest book ever written, the finest picture ev…
FATHER BENWELL MISSES. THE group before the picture which had been the subject of dispute was broken up. In one part of the gallery, Lady Loring and Stella were whispering together on a sofa. In ano…
THE ORDER OF THE DISHES. WHEN Miss Notman assumed the post of housekeeper in Lady Loring’s service, she was accurately described as “a competent and respectable person”; and was praised, with perfec…
THE INFLUENCE OF STELLA. ENTERING the hall, Father Benwell heard a knock at the house door. The servants appeared to recognize the knock—the porter admitted Lord Loring. Father Benwell advanced and…
THE PRIEST OR THE WOMAN? LORD LORING hurried away to his dressing room. “I won’t be more than ten minutes,” he said—and left Romayne and Stella together. She was attired with her customary love of …
THE PUBLIC AND THE PICTURES. ON the memorable Monday, when the picture gallery was opened to the public for the first time, Lord Loring and Father Benwell met in the library. “Judging by the number…
