The Marble Faun Volume 2 - Page 42/157

It was in the decline of the afternoon that Kenyon returned from his

long, musing ramble, Old Tomaso--between whom and himself for some time

past there had been a mysterious understanding,--met him in the entrance

hall, and drew him a little aside.

"The signorina would speak with you," he whispered.

"In the chapel?" asked the sculptor.

"No; in the saloon beyond it," answered the butler: "the entrance you

once saw the signorina appear through it is near the altar, hidden

behind the tapestry."

Kenyon lost no time in obeying the summons.