After Dark The Professor's Story of the Yellow Mask Part Third Chapter VII

In which the master-sculptor Luca Lomi confides in the count's doctor a grave familial secret that intertwines with a mysterious conspiracy aimed at controlling the count's future marital prospects, revealing a tangled web of duty, faith, and personal ambition. The narrative gently unfolds through a detailed confession, culminating in a careful preparation for an experiment involving the count, a wax mask, and the ever-watchful Nanina.