# The Inevitable Author: Couperus, Louis, 1863-1923; Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921 [Translator] Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43005 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Inevitable+Couperus&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The Marchesa Belloni's boarding-house was situated in one of the healthiest, if not one of the most romantic quarters of Rome. One half of the house had formed part of a villino of the old Ludovisi Gardens, those beautiful old gardens regretted by everybody who knew them before the new barrack-quarters were built on the site of the old Roman park, with its border of villas. The entrance to the pension was in the Via Lombardia. The older or villino portion of the house retained a certain antique charm for the marchesa's boarders, while the new premises built on to it offered the advantages of spacious rooms, modern sanitation and electric light. The pension boasted a certain reputation for... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/45/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/48/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/54/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/55/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER L](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/51/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER LII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/53/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER LI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/52/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/50/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/21/index.md) - [did. She never saw the light of the skies or the drifting of the clouds](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/49/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inevitable-43005/chapters/12/index.md)