The Patriot (Piccolo Mondo Antico)

by Antonio Fogazzaro

MARY PRICHARD-AGNETTI.

Berceto, Italy,
October, 1906.

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CONTENTS

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	PART FIRST
		PAGE
	CHAPTER I
Risotto and Truffles		[1]
	CHAPTER II
On the Threshold of a New Life		[29]
	CHAPTER III
The Great Step		[46]
	CHAPTER IV
Carlin's Letter		[81]
	CHAPTER V
The Rogue at Work		[101]
	CHAPTER VI
The Old Lady of Marble		[129]
	PART SECOND
	CHAPTER I
Fishermen		[139]
	CHAPTER II
The Moonshine and Cloud Sonata		[158]
	CHAPTER III
The Gloved Hand		[201]
	CHAPTER IV
The Hand Within the Glove		[214]
	CHAPTER V
The Secret of the Wind and the Walnut Trees		[239]
	CHAPTER VI
The Trump Card Appears		[255]
	CHAPTER VII
The Professor Plays His Trump Card		[274]
	CHAPTER VIII
Hours of Bitterness		[286]
	CHAPTER IX
For Bread, for Italy, for God		[339]
	CHAPTER X
Signora Luisa, Come Home!		[363]
	CHAPTER XI
Shadows and Dawn		[393]
	CHAPTER XII
Phantoms		[418]
	CHAPTER XIII
Flight		[434]
	PART THIRD
	CHAPTER I
The Sage Speaks		[465]
	CHAPTER II
The Summons to Arms		[489]

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Part First