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"Some affair of the heart, dear Baron," said the little Princess, with a

look

"No, there was no talk of that kind, Princess, and not a whisper of

scandal Soland, and lost

his wife there, but nobody knew for certain There was less doubt about

his religious vocation, and when by help of his princely inheritance he

turned his

to the lowest aspects of misery in the slums of Rome, society said he

had turned Socialist His popularity with the people was unbounded, but

in the ed to be removed to London There he set

up the same enterprises, and traht and day, year in, year out, as if driven on by a

consu passion of pity for the lost and fallen In the interests of

his health he was called back to Rome--and returned here a white-haired

man of forty"

"Ah! what did I say, dear Baron? The apple falls near the tree, you

know!"