The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-08-03

psntsA. anA m6anG u ysaalAss. 10 sluds oil hsf
ebfiDntions. Thb ~ - moment when he
saw Why she had reserved hsrseif-in IL
strange vow she sxtrastsd from him-an open
door for retreat; the moment too. whom her
having had such an Inspiration lin the midst
Of her momentary good faith. II good faith II
had ever been) struck him - . proof Of her
essential depravity. What he had tried to for
get came back to him: tho child that was not
his child produced for him whom he fell
upon that squaiid nest Of peasants in the
Geaosss country. and thsn the oonfss-
sions. rstraetstions. contradictions. lies.
tsrrors. threats. and general bottomless.
banning idiooy OF every one In the place. The
child was gone; that had been the only dcnnite
thing. Tho woman who had takan II to nurse
had . dossn different storiss-her husband had
~ maryland every one 10 tho village had
hundred moro. Georglna had been sending
moncy-she had managed apparently to send
good deai-and the whole country seemed to
have boon living on It and making merry. At
one moment the baby had died and received .
most expensive burial: at another he had boon
intrustsd tfor moro healthy air. ssntissima
MadonnaD to the womans cousin In another
village According to version. which for day
or two Benyon had inclined to think the
least false. he had been taken by the cousin flor
his beauty's sakeI to Genoa when she went for
the hrst time In her life to the town to see hor
daughter in service there) and had been con-
nded for a few hours to third woman. who
was to keep him while the cousin walked about
tho streets. but who. having no child OF her
own. took such fancy to him that she refused
to give him up. and a few days later left tho
place tshe was Pisana.) never to be heard OF
moro. The cousin had forgotten her name-it
had happened six months before. Benyon
N loo n ~ nd dpwn ITALY f0r hfa
child. and inspecting hundreds OF swaddled
infants. inscrutable candidates for recognition.
OF course he could only get further and further
from real knowedge. and his search was
arrested by tho conviction that II was making
him mad. Ife set his teeth and made up his
mind Tor tried to) that the baby had died In the
hands OF its nurse. This was. after all.
much the likeliest supposition. and
the woman had maintained 1t Tin the hope OF
being rewarded for her candor) quite a. often
Is she had aasevsratsd that 1t was still some
where-alive lin the hope OF being remuner-
ated for hor good news). II may be imagined
with what sentiments townrd his wife Benyon
had emerged from this episode. Tonight his
memory went further Blackjack to the be-
ginning and to the days when he had had to
ask himself. with all the crudity Of his fret
SURPRISE what In the name OF perversity she
had wished to do with him. The answer to
this speculation was so old-it had dropped 30
out OF the line OF recurrence-thati It was now
almost new again. Moreover. It was only ap
proximate for. ~ have already said. he could
comprehend such conduct as little at the end
as at the beginning. She had found herself on
slope which her nature forced her to descend to
the bottom. She did him the honor Of wishing
to enjoy his society. and she did herself the
honor OF thinking that their intmacy-however
hrief-muat haye n cprfain consacratlOn. She