The Intruder

THE ROMANCES OF THE ROSE
THE INTRUDER
GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO
TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR HORNBLOW
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NEW YORK GEORGE H. RICHMOND 1898
COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY GEORGE H. RICHMOND
By the Same Author.
THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH.
THE MAIDENS OF THE ROCKS.
Should I go before the judge and say: I have committed a crime. He would not be dead if I had not killed him. It is I, Tullio Hermil, who am his assassin. I premeditated that assassination in my house. I committed it with perfect lucidity of conscience, methodically, in all security. And I have gone on living in my house with my secret for a whole year, until to-day. To-day is the anniversary I deliver myself into your hands. Listen to me, judge me.
Can I go before the judge? Can I speak to him like that?