After Dark The Professor's Story of the Yellow Mask Part Second Chapter I

In which the distinguished Grifoni establishment weathers the sudden illness of a Parisian dressmaker and the mysterious disappearance, then return, of an Italian work-woman named Brigida, whose spirited tale of failed ambitions and bitter rivalries among the artistic and noble circles of Pisa unfolds with intrigue. As the shadows lengthen over the Arno, secrets stir behind grand façades, and the delicate balance of social fortunes remains poised between whispered malice and guarded hopes.