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ARIADNE. 31have Hved to wear thebroad scarlet hat above hislevel classic brows.He waskind; he waseveninterested; hekeptthe matter in his own hands; he could propelthe law, andfulfil it;in a word,he so acted thatthe chief treasures of the dead manawaited her,whenever she should claim them.Ionly told himIhad lost her, and all clue toher. Icoiddnot tell him of Flilarion.Why do all things come toolate ?The easternpeople say the gods sit above andlaugh to see the woe and perplexity and painof men; verily, devils themselves might weepbefore those twolittle words — toolate.When he told me that this should certainly behers,thatifIcould findher living,and bring herinto Rome, she should become possessor of allthis strange accursed wealth,got together,noneknew how, throughout a long lonely Hfe ofhorrible barrenness, and hatred of all humanthings, when he told me,Isay,Ifelt giddy.Iremember coming out from his gracious presence,andpassingdown those gigantic staircasesbetween the Swiss in their yellow jerkins and