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He was
by nature more fatalistic than Hermione, and moreover he knew what she
did not. Long ago he had striven against a fate. With the help of
Gaspare he had conquered it--or so he had believed till now. But now
he asked himself whether he had not only delayed its coming. If his
suspicion were well founded,--and since his last visit to the island
he felt as if it must be,--then surely all he had done with Gaspare
would be in vain at the last.
If his suspicion were well founded, then certain things are ordained.
They have to happen for some reason, known only to the hidden
Intelligence that fashions each man's character, that develops it in
joy or grief, that makes it glad with feasting, or forces it to feed
upon the bread of tears.
Did Gaspare know? If the truth were what Artois suspected, and Gaspare
did know it, what would Gaspare do?
That was a problem which interested Artois intensely.
The Sicilian often said of a thing "E il Destino." Yet Artois believed
that for his beloved Padrona he would fight to the death.


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