[IX. THE NIGHT AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION]
[X. THE LEGEND OF THE ROMAN SOLDIER]
PERCIVAL'S
PICTURE GALLERY.
[CHAPTER I.]
Introductory.
"NO, Sir, no; the doctor gives no hope that the poor young gentleman will ever walk again; and as for life, the doctor says that it may be a matter of months, or perhaps of years. But Mr. Percival is going down to the grave sure and certain; and he knows that himself."