SANT' ILARIO

BY

F. MARION CRAWFORD


AUTHOR OF "MR. ISAACS," "DR. CLAUDIUS," "ZOROASTER," "A TALE OF A
LONELY PARISH," ETC.




TO

My Wife

THIS SECOND PART OF "SARACINESCA" IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED






CHAPTER I.


Two years of service in the Zouaves had wrought a change in
Anastase Gouache, the painter. He was still a light man, nervously
built, with small hands and feet, and a delicate face; but