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WHOSOEVER SHALL OFFEND
BY
F. MARION CRAWFORD
AUTHOR OF SARACINESCA, THE HEART OF ROME, ETC, ETC.
WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
DRAWN IN ROME WITH THE AUTHOR'S SUGGESTIONS
BY
HORACE T. CARPENTER
1905
"Whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Me, it were better for him that a mill stone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea"
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
"Suddenly he heard an Italian voice very near to him, calling him by name, in a tone of surprise"
"'I call it the sleeping death,' answered the Professor"
"He flushed again, very angry this time, and he moved away to leave her, without another word"
" ... the door was darkened, and the girl stood there with a large copper 'conca' ..."
"He moved a step towards the bed, and then another, forcing himself to go on"
"Ercole left his home after sunset that evening"
"Regina made a steady effort, lifting fully half Aurora's weight with her"
"She sat there like a figure of grief outlined in black against the moonlight on the great wall"
WHOSOEVER SHALL OFFEND
CHAPTER I
When the widow of Martino Consalvi married young Corbario, people shook their heads and said that she was making a great mistake. Consalvi had been dead a good many years, but as yet no one had thought it was time to say that his widow was no long