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ICON r:>TED.i
* CHAPTER IX.
"Now, my good creature, whatever you
: have to say to me, out with it at once! I
. dont want to hurry you needlessly; but these
: are business hours, and I have other people's
; affairs to attend to besides yours."
Addressing Ferrari's wife, with bis usual
blunt good humor, in these teems, Mr. Troy
registered the lapse of time by a glance at
the watch on his desk, and then waited to
? hear what his client had to say to him.
I "It's something more, sir, about the letter
1 with the thousand pound note," Mrs. Ferrari
began. "I have fonnd out who sent it to me."
Mr. Troy started. "This ia news indeed 1"
he said. "Who sent yo? the letter?"
"Lord Montbarry sent it, sir."
It was not easy to take Mr. Troy by sur?
prise. But Mrs. Ferrari threw him com?
pletely off his balance. For awhile he could
only look at her in silent surprise. "Non?
sense!" he said, as soon as he had recovered
himself. "There is some mistake-it can't
bel"
"There is no mistake," Mrs. Ferrari , re?
joined, in her most positive manner. "Two
gentlemen from the insurance offices called
on me this morning, to see the letter. They
were completely puzzled-especially when
they heard of the bank note inside. But they
know who sent the letter. His lordship's doc?
tor in Venice posted it at his lordship's re*
quest. Go to the gentlemen yourself, sir, if
you don't" believe me. They were polite
enough to ask if I could account for Lord
Montbarry writing to me and sending me the
money. I gave them my opinion-I said it
waa like his lordship's kindness."
"lake his lordship's kindness!" Mr. Troy re?
peated, in blank amazement.
"Yes, sirl Lord Montbarry knew me, like
ali the other members of the family, when I
was at school on the estate in Ireland. If he
could have done it, he would have protected
my poor dear husband. But he was helpless
himself in the hands of my lady and the
baron-and the only kind thing he could do
was to provide for me in my widowhood, like
the true nobleman he was!"
"A very pretty explanation!" said Mr.
Troy. "What did your visitors from the in- .
swanee offices think of it?"
"They asked if I had any proof of my hus?
band's death."
"And"whatdid you say!"
"I said, *I give yon .better than prooi, !
gentlemen; I give you my positive opinion.'?
"That satisfied them, of course?"
"They didn't say so in words, sir. They i
looked at each other-and wished me good
morning."
"WelL Mrs. Ferrari, unless you have some j
more extraordinary news for me, I think I j
shall wish you good morning, too. I can take
a note of your information (very startling in- !
formation, I owu); and, in the absence of .
proof, I can do no more."
"I can provide you with proof, sir-if that
is all you want," said Mrs. Ferrari, with great
dignity. "I only want to 'enow, first,
whether the law justifies rae in d- ing it. You
may have seen in the fashionable intelligence
of the newspapers, that Lady Montbarry has
arrived in London, at Newbury's hotel. 1
propose to go and seo her."
"Tho "douce rou do! May I asl: for what
purpose P
Mrs. Ferrari answered in n mysterious
whisper: "For the purpose of catching her in
a trap! I shan't send in my name-I shall
announce myself as a person on business, and j
the first words I say to her will be these: 'I
come, my lady, to acknowledge the receipt of :
the money sent to Ferrari's widow.' Ah! I
you may well start, Mr. Troy! It almost
takes you off your guard, doesn't it? Make
your mind easy, sir; i shall find the proof j
that everybody asks me for in her guilty !
face. Let her only change color by the J
shadow of a shade-let ber eyes only drop for
half an instant-I shall discover her! The
one thing I want to know is, does the law j
permit it?"
"The law permits it,? Mr. Troy answered, !
gravely; "but whether her ladyship will per- !
mit it, is quite another question. Have you
really courage enough, Mrs. Ferrari, to carry
out this notable scheme of yours? You have
been described to me, by Miss Lockwood, as
rather a nervous, timid sort of person-and, :
if I may trust my own observation, I should
say you justify the description."
"If you had lived in the cowiitry, sir, in?
stead of living in London," Mrs. Ferrari re?
plied, "you would sometimes have seen even a
sheep turn on a dog. ? am tar from saving
that I am a bold woman-quite the reverse.
But when I stand in that wretch's presence
and think of my murdered husband, the one
of us two who is likely to be frightened is noe
me. I am going there now, sir. You shall
hear how it ends. I wish you good morning.*"
With those brave words the courier's wife
gathered her mantle about her and walked
out of the room.
Mr. Troy smiled-not satirically, but com?
passionately. "The little simpleton!'' he 1
thought to himself. "If haif of what they *
say of Lady Montbarry is true, Mrs. Ferrari 1
and her trap have but a poor prospect before "
them. I wonder how it will end?" 2
AU Mr. Troy's experience failed to fore- I
r<un bim of how it did end. ?
CHAPTER X.
In the meantime Mrs. Ferrari held to her <
resolution. Sue went straight from Mr.
Troy's office to Newbury's hotel.
Lady Mon:barry was at home, and alone.
But the authorities bf the hotel hesitated to j
disturb her when they found that the visitor
declined to mention her name. Her lady- t
ship's new maid happened to c-oss the hail
while the matter was still in debate. She waa y
a Frenchwoman, anti, on being appealed to, t
settled the question in the swift, easy, ration- ]
al French way. "Madame's appearance was
perfectly respectable. Madame might Lave ]
reasons for not mentioning her name which <
nuiadi might approve, in any case there be?
ing no orders forbidding the introduction-o? i
a sir???ge lady, the matter clearly rested be ^
tween madame and miladu Would madame, f
therefore, l>e L".XM1 enough to follow miiadi't <
maid upstairs?"
Iii spite of her resolution, Mrs. Ferrarft <
heart beat as if it would burst out of ber j
bo?oitt. when her conductress led her into an 3
aiitT'Knn, and knocked at a door opening ir?? '
to a room beyond. But it is remarkable that '
persons >.f sensitively nervous organization j
?re tie' very persons who are capable of fere- ; J
ing themselves (apparently by the exercise of
a spasmodic effort of will) into the perform- j 1
ance * 'f nets of the most a'til vicious courng*. lr
A low, grave voice from the inner room said, j I
'.C->;:i" in." The maid, opening the door, an- i t
nounced, *A person to see you, miladi, cn j I
business," and immediately retired. In tue ! s
one instant", while these events, j ?assed, ti m id j ?
little Mrs. Ferrari mastered her own throb- ! ]
bing heart; stepped over the threshold, con- . i
scious of her clammy hands, dry lip?;, and t
burning head: and stood in the presence cf 1
Lord Montbnrry's widow; to all outward ap- 1
pea rance ns supremely self possessed as her ?
ladyship herself. jl
lt was still t-arly in the afternoon, but the j '
licr'nt in tue room was di.n. Tho blinds were , ?.
drawn down. Lndv Montbarry sat with lier
back U> tiie windows, as if even tue subdued
daylight, were disagreeable to hu*. Sh?- had (
altered sadly for the worse in her personal
appearance, since th? memorable day when 1
l)v Wy brow had seen ber in his consulting
room. Her beauty was gone-her face i:ad \
talleri away to mere skin and bone: the con- 1
trast between her ghastly complexion and ]
her steely glittering black eyes was more ; i
startling thau ever. Robed in dismal black, j <
relieved only by the brilliant whiteness of ber j r
widow's cap-reclining in a panther like j t
suppleness of attitude on a little green sofa
.fae looked at the stranger who had intruded ! 1
on her, with a moment's languid curiosity,
then dropped her eyes again to the hand (
screen which she held between her face and \
the fire. "I don't know you,''she said. "What i
do you want with me?" '
Mrs. Ferrari tried to answer. Her first I j
burst of courage bad already worn itself out. j
The bold words she had determined to speak j
were living words still in her mind, but they
died on her lips.
There was a moment of silence. Lady
Montbarry looked round again -at the speech?
less stranger. "Are you deaf?" she asked.
There was another pause. Lady Montbarry
quiocly looked back again at the screen, and
put another question. "Do you want money?"
"Money?" That one word roused the sink?
ing spirit of the courier's wife. She recovered
her courage: she found her voice, "Look at j
me, my lady, if you please," she said, with a ,
sudden outbreak of audacit}-.
Lady Montbarry looked round for the third
time. The fatal words passed Mrs. Ferrari's
lips.
"I come, my lady, to acknowledge the re?
ceipt of the motley sent tb Ferrari's widow."
Lady Montbarry's 'glittering black eyes
rested with steady attention on the woman
who had addressed her in those terms. Not
tile faintest expression of confusion or alarm,
not even a momentary flutter of interest
stirred the deadly stillness of her face. She
reposed as quietly, she held the screen ns
composedly as ever. The test had been tried,
and had irretrievably, utterly failed.
There was another silence. Lady Mont?
barry considered with herself. The smila
that came slowly and went away suddenly
the smile at once so sad and so cruel-showed
itself on her thin lips. She lifted her screen,
and pointed with it to a seat at the further
end of the room. "Be so good as to take that
chair," she said.
Helpless under her first bewildering sense
of failure-not knowing what to say or what
to do nest-Mrs. Ferrari mechanically
obeyed. Lady Montbarry, rising on the sofa'
for the first time, watched her with undis?
guised scrutiny as she crossed the room-then
sunk back into a reclining position once mora
"Ko," she said to herself quietly, "the woman j
walks steadily: sho is not intoxicated-the
only other possibility is that she may be mad."
She had spoken loud enough to be heard.
Stung by the insult, Mrs. Ferrari instantly
answered her: "I am no more drunk or mad i
than you are!"
"I am no more drunk or mad than
you arc. "
"Nor said Lady Montbarry. "Then you
are only insolent? Th? ignorant English,
mind (I have observed) is apt to be insolent
in the exercise of unrestrained English
This is very noticeable to us foreigners among
you people in the streets. Of course I can't
be insolent to you, in return. I hardly know
Whet to say to you. My maia is imprudent
in admitting you so easily to my rcom. I
sup?>ose your respectable appoarar.ee misJea
her. I wonder who you are? You mentioned .
the name of a courier who left us very i
strangely. Was he married, by any chance!
Are you his wife? And do you know where
he is?"
Mrs. Ferrari's indignation burst its way
through all restraints. She advanced to the
sofa; she feared uothlng, ia tho fervor and
rage of her reply.
"I am his widow-and you know it, you
wicked woman! Ah! it was an evil hour
when Miss Lockwood recommended my hus?
band to be his lordship's courier"
Before Mrs. Ferrari could add another
word Lady Montbarry sprung from the sofa
with the stealthy suddenness of a cat-seized
ber by both soldiers-and shook her with the
strength and frenzy of a mad woman. "You
lie! you lie! you lie!" Sue dropped her hold
at fhe third repetition of the accusation and
threw up her hands wildly with a gesture of
?espair. "Oh, Jesus Maria! is it possible?"
she cried, '"Can the courier have come to mo
through that womanV She turned like j
lightning on Mrs. Ferrari, and stopped her as
she was escaping from the room. "Stay here,
you fool-stay here and answer me! If you
cry out, as sure as the heavens tire above you,
I'll strangle you with my own hands. Sit
down again-and fear nothing. Wretch! It
Es I who am frightened-frightened out of
my senses. Confess that you lied when you
used Miss Lockwood's name just now! No
I don't believe you on your oath ! L will be?
lieve nobody but Miss Lockwood herself
Where does she live? Teil me that, you nox
ious, stinging little insect-and you may go.*
Terrified as she was, Mrs. Ferrari hesitated.
Lady Muntbarry lifted her hands threaten
ingly, with the long, lean, yeilow-whit?
fingers outspread ai:d crooked at the
tips. Mrs. Ferrari shrunk at the "sight of
;bem, and gave the address. Lady Mont?
barry pointed contemptuously to the door
-then changed her mind. "No! not yeti
rou will tell Miss Lockwood what has hap- j
:>ened. and she may refuse to see me. I will
ro there at once, and you shall go with me.
&s far as the house-not inside of it. Sit
lown again. I am going to ring for my
na id. Tura your back to the door; your
iowardly face is not lit to be seen!"
She rang the belL The maid appeared.
"My cloak and bonnet-instantly !"
The maid produced che cloak and bonnet
"rom the bedroom.
"A cab at the door-before I can count
?en!"'
The maid vanished. Lady Montbarry sur
reyed herself in the glass, and wheeled round
xgain. with her cat like suddenness, to Mrs.
Ferrari.
*T look more than half dead already, don't
[?" she said, with a grim burst of irony.
*Give me your arm."
She took'Mrs. Ferrari's arni and loft tho
-<v>m_ "\'<>u have nothing to fear, so longos
rou obey." she whispered, on tho way down
;tairs. "You leave me at Miss Lockwood's
loor and never see me again."
In the hall they were met by the landlady
>f the hotel. Lady Montbarry graciously
presented her companion: "My goo.l friend, j
Mrs. Ferrari: I am so glad to have seen her." j
The landlady accompanied ?hem to the door. 1
Tbe cab was waiting. "G<-fc in first, good
Mrs. F-rrari." said her ladyship, ";md te?tth?
na i wi:- re JO go."
They were driven away. Lady Mont;
.arry's variable humor changed again. With '
i low groan o' misery, sh?! threw herself j
jack in th>_> cab. L''-r. in her ow?) c?:?r?c !
.hotigh?s. as careless of tho woman whom she
iud bent to her iron will as if no ?ich person !
?nt l>y her si.!--, s:u>. preserved n sinister j
silence, until they reached the house when* !
Miss 1/?eicw.mil lodged. In an instant, s'we j
.bused herself to action. She opened tho j
.bor of the cal?, and closed it again on Mrs. j
ferrari before the driver could get off his |
"Takethat lady a mile further on her way j
)onie* sho said, as she paid the ?nan his fare, j
I'., . next instant; shy had knocked at tho house !
ioor "ls Mi s Lockwood at nomi ?"
" \ es. ma nm.
She sv-pped over the threshold; the door j
:]? ed eu her. . ?
. Vi'hi.-h way, ma'am?" asked th.-? driver of j
.h . eal?;
Ferrari pnt her hand to her head, ami 1
;r?ed to collect her thoughts. Could she j
eave her friend and lienefactress helpless at j
Ladv Montbarry's mercy? She was still .
rai.'ilv endeavoring to decide on the course ;
hat she ought to follow, when a gent!.-man, I
;: ? 'pping nt Miss Lockwood's door, happened !
?o look toward the cab window, and saw her. j
"Aiv you proing to call on JMis>s Agnes too?" j
ie asked. !
It was Henry Wcstwick. Mrs. Ferrari
?lasped her hands in gratitude as she rccog
lized him.
"Goin, sir I" she cried. "Go in. directly. \
Chat dreadful woman is with Miss Agnes, j
io and protect her!"
" What woman ?" Henry asked.
The answer literally struck him speec
With amazement and indignation in his
he looked at Mrs. Ferrari as she pronoi
the hated name of "Lady Montbarry."
Bee to it," was all he said. He knocked i
house door; and he, too, in his turn, w
UL
CHAPTER XL
"Lady Montbarry, miss."
Agnes was writing alerter, when the
vant astonished her by announcing the
tor's name. Her first impulse was to r
to see the woman who had intruded on
But Lady Montbarry had taken care t
low close on the servant's heels. B
Agnes could speak she had entered the r
"I beg to apologize for my intrusion,
Lockwood. I have a question to ask yo
which I am very much interested. No
can answer rae but yourself." In low,
tating tones, with her glittering black
bent modesty on tho ground, Lady A
barry opened the interview in those wor
Without answering Agnes pointed
elixir. She could do this, and, foi* tho 1
she couldxio no more. All that she had
of the hidden and sinister life in tho pola
Yenice; all that .she had heard of Montba
melancholy death and burial in a foi
laud; all that she knew of the myster
Ferrari's disappearance, rushed into
mind when the black robed figure confro
her, standing just inside the door,
strange conduct of Lady Montbarry add
new perplexity to the doubts and misgiv
that troubled her. There stood the adver
ess whose character had left its mark oi
ciety all over Europe-the Fury who
terrified Mrs. Ferrari at the hotel-in
ceivabiy transformed into a timid, shrinl
woman ! Lady Montbarry had not once
tured to look at Agnes since she had n
her way into the room. Advancing to i
tue chair that had been pointed out to
she hesitated, put her hand on the rail to
port herself, and still remained stand
'.Please give roe a moment to compose
self," she said, faintly. Her head sunk on
bosom; she stood before Agnes liken <
scions culprit before a merciless judge.
The silence that followed was, literally,
silence of fear on both sides. In the mids
it the door was opened once more, and He
TVestwick appeared.
Ho looked at Lady Montbarry with a
ment's steady attention, bowed to her \
formal politeness and passed on in sile;
At the sight of her husband's brother
sinking spirit of the woman sprung to
again. Her drooping figure became er
Her eyes met "Westwick's look, brightly
fiant. She returned his bow with an
smile of contempt.
Henry crossed the room to Agnes.
"Is Lady Montbarry here by your inv
tion?' he asked quietly.
"No."
"Do you-wish to see her?"
"Ir. is very painful to me to see her."
He turned and looked at his sister-in-lav
"Do you hear that?" he asked, coldly.
"I hear it," she answered, more coldly si
"Your visit is, to say the least of Lt
timed."
"Your interference is, to say the least ol
out of place."
With that retort, Lady Montbarry
proached Agnes. The presence of Hei
W"estwick seemed at once to relieve and <
boldon her. "Permit me to ask my questi
Miss Lockwood," she said, with grace
courtesy. "It is nothing to embarrass y
Wben the Courier Ferrari applied to my 1,
husband for employment, did you"- ?
resolution failed her before she could ;
more. She sunk trembling i. ? the near
chair, and, after a moment's ~. niggle, cc
posed herself again. "Did you permit F
rari," she resumed, "to make sure of bei
chosen for our courier by using your nam
Agues did not reply with her customary
rectness. Trifling as it was, the reference
Montbarry, proceeding from that woman,
ail others, confused and agitated her.
"I have known Ferrari's wife for ma
years," she began. "And I take an interest7
Lady MontbaiTy abruptly lifted her han
with a gesture of entreaty. "Ah, Miss Loo
wood, don't waste time by talking of his wi;
Answer my plain question plainly."
"Let me answer her," Henry whispered,
wi!! undertake to speak plainly enougu."
Agnes refused by a gesture. Lady Mor
barry's interruption had roused her sense
what was due to herself. She resumed b
reply in plainer terms.
"When Ferrari wrote to the late Lo:
Montbarry," she said, "he did certainly me
tion my name."
Even now, she bad innocently failed to s
the object which her visitor had in view. Lac
Montbarry's impatience became ungover
able. She started to her feet and advaua
to Agnes.
"Was it with your knowledge and penni
sion that Ferrari used your name?" she ask*
"The whole soul of my question is in tha
For God's sake, answer me-Yes or Nor
"Yes."
That one word struck Lady Montbarry ?
a blow might have struck her. The fierce li:
that had animated her face the instant befoi
faded out of it suddenly and left her like
woman turned to stone. She stood, meehan i
ally confronting Agnes with a stillness ?
rapt and perfect that not even the breath si
drew was perceptible to the two persons wt
were looking at her.
Henry spoke to her roughly. "Rouse youi
self," he said. "You have received your ai
s wer."
She looked at him. "I have received m;
sentence," she rejoined, and turned slowly t
leave the room.
To Henry's astonishment, Agnes stoppe
her. "Wait a moment, Lady Moi.ibarry;
have something to* ask on my side."
Lady Montbarry paused on the instant
silently submissive as if she had beard ?
word of command. Henry drew Agnes awn;
to the other end of the room and remonstrate)
with her.
"You do wrong to call that person back,
he said.
"No," Agnes whispered, "I have had lim
to remember."
"To remember what?"
"To remember Ferrari's wife; Lady Mont
barry may have heard something of tho los'
roan,"
"Lady Montbarry may have heard, but sh<
won't tell."
"It may be so, Henry, but for Emily's saki
I must try-" Henry yielded.
"Your kindness Ls inexhaustible," ho said,
with his admiration of her kindling in his
eyes. "Always thinking of others; never ol
yourself!"
Meanwhile Lady Montbarry waited with a
resignation that could endure any delay.
Agues returned to her, leaving Henry by
himself. "Pardon me for keeping you wait>
ing." she said, in her gentle, courteous way.
"You have spoken of Ferrari. I wish to s?>cak
of him, too."
Lady Montbarry bent her hoad in silence,
lier hand trembled as she took out her hand?
kerchief and passed it over lier forehead.
Agnes detected tho trembling and shrunk
back a step. "Is tho subject painful to you?"
s!ie asked, timidly.
y ti il silent, Lady Montbarry invited her by
a wave of the hand to go on. Henry ap?
proached attentively watching his sister-in
law. Agues went on:
"No trace of Ferrari has been discovered in
England," she said. "Have you an}' news of
bim? And will you tell me (if you have
heard anything), in mercy to bis wile'"'
Lady Montbnrry-s thin lips suddenly re?
laxed into their sad and cruel snide.
"Why do you ask- me about the lost
courier.'" .-.he said. "You will ku<nv ? hat hos
become of him, Mi-* Lockwood; when the
tune is ripe fer ir."
Agnes started. ';I don't understand yoti."
she said. "How shall I know? Will sumo
one tell me?"
"Some one will toll you."
Henry could keep silence no longer. "Per?
haps your ladyship may be the person," he
interrupted; with ironical politeness.
?She answered him with contemptuous case:
"You J uny be right. Mr. Westwick. Ouedny
or another I may be the person wno tells
Miss Lockwood what bas become of Ferrari,
if"
She stopped, with her ryes fi.-od on Agnes.
"If what?" Henry asked.
"If Miss Lockwood forces me to it."
Agnes listened in astonishment. "Force
j you toit?" she repeated. "How ?an 1 do
j that? Do you mean to say my will ls stronger
! than yours?"
"Do you mean to say that the candle doesn't
burn the moth when tho moth liles into itr
Lady Montbarry rejoined. "Have you ever
heard of such a thing as the fascination of
terror? I am drawn to you by a fascination
of tenor. I have no right to visit you. I
have no wish to visit you ; you are my enemy.
For the first time in my life, against my own
will, I submit to my enemy. See! I am wait?
ing because you told me to wait; and the fear
i of you (I swear it) creeps through me while I
! stand here. Oh, don't let nie excite your cu?
riosity or your pity ! Follow the example of
Mr.'Westwick. Be hard and brutal and un?
forgiving, like him. Grant me my release;
tell me to go."
The frank and simple nature of Agnes
could discover but one intelligible meaning
in this strange outbreak.
"You-art) mistaken hi thinking me your
enemy," she said. "The wrong you did mo
when you gave your hand to Lord Montbarry
was not intentionally done. I forgave you
my sufferings in his" lifetime. I forgive you
even more now that he has gone."
Henry heard her with mingled emotions of
admiration and distress. ''Say no more!" he
exclaimed. "Youfcre too good to her; she is
not worthy of it."
The interruption passed unheeded by Lady
Montbarry. The simple words in which
Agnes had replied seemed to have absorbed
the whole attention of this strangely change?
able woman. As she listened, her face set?
tled slowly into an expression of hard ami
tearless sorrow. There was a marked change
in her voice when she spoke next. It ex?
pressed that last, worst resignation which has
done with hope.
"You good, innocent creature," she said;
"what does your amiable forgiveness matter?
What are your poor little wrongs in the reck?
oning for greater wrongs which is demanded
of me? I am not trying to frighten you; I
am only miserable about myself. Do you
know what it is to have a firm presentiment
of calamity that is coming to you, and yet to
hope that your own positive conviction will
not prove trvtal When I first met you, be?
fore "my marriage, and first felt your influ?
ence over mej, I had that hppe. lt was a
starveling sort of hope that lived a lingering
life in me until today. You struck it dead
when you answered my question about Fer?
rari"
"How have I destroyed your hopes?" Agnes
asked. "What connection is there between
my permitting Ferrari to use my name to
Lord Montbarry and the strange and dread?
ful things you are saying to me now?"
"The time is near, Miss Lockwood, when
you will discover that for yourself. In the
meanwhile, you shall know what my fear of
you is in the plainest words I can find. On
the day when I took your hero from you and
blighted your life-I am firmly persuaded of
it-you were made the instrument of the re?
tribution that my sins of many years-had de?
served. Oh, such things have happened be?
fore today. One person has before now been
the means of innocently ripening the growth
of evil in another. You have done that al
~ready-=-and you. have more to do yet You
have still to* bri?J r.:e.tOihe day of discov?
ery, and to tba punishment that, is my doom.
We shall meet again-here in England or
there in Venice, where my husband died, and
meet for the last time."
In spite of her better sense, in spite of her
natural superiority to superstitions of all
! kinds, Agnes was impressed by the terrible
j earnestness with which those words were j
! spoken. She turned palo as she looked at
j Henry. "Do you understand her?" she i
I asked.
"We shall meet again-licre in England
or there in Venice.11
"Nothing is easier than to understand her,"
he replied, contemptuously; "she knows what
has become of Ferrari, and she is confusing
you in a cloud of nonsense because she daren't
own the truth. Let her gol"
CHAPTER XII.
"Do you think she is mad?" Agnes asked.
"I think she is simply wicked. False, super?
stitious,, inveterately cruel-but not mad. I
believe her main motive in coming here was
to enjoy the luxury of frightening you."
"She has frightened me. I am ashamed to
own it-but so it is."
Henry looked at her, hesitated for a mo?
ment, and seated himself on the sofa by lier
side.
"I am very anxious about you, Agnes," he
said. "But for the fortunate chance which
led nie to call here today-who knows what
that vile woman might not have said or done, j
if she had found you alone? My dear, you I
ure loading a sadly unprotected, solitary life. |
I don't like to think of it; I waut to see it j
changed-especially after what has happened j
today. No! no! it is useless tb tell me that
you have your old nurse. She is too old; she j
is not in your rank of life-there is no suffi- j
cient protection in the companionship of such j
a person for a indy in your position. Don't
mistake me, Agnes; what I say,.I say in the
sincerity of my devotion to you." He paused
and took her hand. She made a feeble effort
to withdraw it-and yielded. "Will the day
never come," he pleaded, "when the privilege
of protecting you maj* l>e mme? when you
will l>e tho pride ami joy of my life, as long
as my life Lists?" Ht/ pressed' her hand
gently. She runde no reply. The color came
and went on her fae?; her eyes were turned
away from him. "Have I been so unhappy
as to offend you?" he asked.
She answered that-she said, almost in a
whisper, "No.*' ?
"Have I distressed you?"
"You have y.wJe ?ne think of thc sad days j
tliat arc gone." She said no more: she only ]
tried t?? withdraw her hand from his for tho
sec?n? 1 time. 'Ile still held it; be lifted it to
his lips.
"Can I ne vcr'make you think of other days
than those-of happier days to come? Or. if
you must think of tho time that is passed, j
eau you no: look back to the time when I first j
j loved you.'"
She sighed as ho put Hie question. "Spare j
j me, Henry," r.he answei-ed sadly. "Say no |
inore!"
The color rose a ern in in her checks; her j
hand trembled in his. She looked lovely, |
with her eyes cast down and her bosom heav?
ing gently. At tiiat moment he would have i
given everything he had in the world to take
j her in his arms and kiss her. Some mysteri- I
! oas sympathy, passing from his hand to hers, j
\ seemed to tel! her what was in his mind.
! She snatched her hand away and suddenly j
j looked up nt him. The tears were in her j
: eyes. She said nothing; she let her eyes j
, speak for her. They warned him-without ;
; anger, without unkindness-but still they j
\ warned him to press her :\o further that day. j
"Only tell me that I am forgiven," he sai.I, ;
j as ho rose from thc sofa.
j "Yes, " she answered, quietly, "you aro for- !
! given."
"I have not lowered myself in your estima- ?
! tion. Allies.'"' j
j "Oh, m.!" j
"Do you wish me to leave you?"
She rose in l:er tum from thc sofa, nnd I
walked to tho writing table before she re- ;
i
plied. The unfii-.ish' .l letter which she had
I l?een writing when Lady Montbarry inter- !
runted her lay open ou the blotting book; As
siie lo;.?co?i at "ho letter, and then looked;at
Henry, that smile that charmed everybody .
showed itself iu her face.
"You must not go just yet,**soe said;"
have something to tell you. 1 hardly knot
how to express it. The shortest way, pei
haps, will be to let you find it out for your
self. You have been speaking of my lonely
unprotected life here. It is not a very happ;
life, Henry-I own that." She paused, ot
serving the growing anxiety of his expressio:
as be looked at her with a shy satisfactio:
that perplexed bim. "Do you know that
have anticipated your idear she went OIL "
am going to make a great change in my lif
-if your brother Stephen and his wife wi]
only consent to it." She opened the desk o
her writing table while she spoke, took a let
ter out and handed it to Henry.
He received it from her mechanically
Vague doubts, which he hardly understood
himself, kept bini silent It was impossibl
that the "change in her life," of which sh
had spoken, could mean that she was abeu
to be married-and yet he tras conscious of i
perfectly unreasonable reluctance to open th
letter. Their eyes met; she smiled again
"Look at the address," she said. "You ough
to know the handwriting-but I dare say yoi
dou't."
He looked at the address. It was in th
large, irregular, uncertain writing of a child
He opened the letter instantly:
"DEAR AUJTT AG:CES: Our governess i
going away. -6he has bad money left to he:
and a house of her own. "We have had oak
and wine to drink her health. You promisee
'to be our governess if we, wanted another
We want you. Mamma knows nothing about
this. Please come before mamma can gel
mother governess. Your loving Lucy wh<
.?rites this. Clara and Blanche have tried tx
write, too, but they are too yom.g to do it
They blot the paper."
"Your eldest niece," Agnes explained, a
Henty looked at her in amazement "Th<
children used to call me aunt when I tva
staying with their mother ia Ireland, in th<
autumn. The three girls were my inseparable
companions-they are the most charming
children I know. It is quite true that J
offered to bo their governess, if they evei
wanted one, on the day when, I left them t<
return to London. I was writing to propose
it to their mother just before you-came."
"Not seriously?" Henry exclaimed.
Agnes placed her unfinished letter in hil
hand. Enough of it had been written to show
that she did seriously propose to enter th?
household of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Westwici
as governess to their children. Henry's be?
wilderment was not to be expressed in words.
"They won't believe you are in earnest,1'
he said.
"Why not?" Agnes asked, quietly.
'.You are my brother Stephen's coorin;
you are his wife's old friend."
"All the more reason. Henry, for trusting
me with the charge of their children."
"But you aro their equal; you ara not
obliged to gain your living Jby teaching.
There is something absurd in your entering
their service as a governess,"
"What is there absurd in it? The children
love m?; the mother loves me; the father has
shown me innumerable instances of his true
friendship and regard. I am the very woman
for the place, and as to my education, I must
have completely forgotten it, indeed, if I
am not fit to teach three children, the eldest
of whom is only ll years old. You say
I am their equal. Are there no other women
-who serve ns governess, and who are the equals
of the" persous^ whom they serve? Besides,
I don't know thatTa?B- their equal Havel
not heard that your brothcrv?iephen was the
next heil* to the title? Will he not bTthe "iie"W
lord? Never mind answering me. We won't
dispute whether I aro right or wrong in turn?
ing governess; we w i. wait the event I am
weary of my lonely, useless existence here,
and eager to make my life more happy and
more useful in the household of all others in
which I should most like to have a place. If
you will look again you will see that I have
these personal considerations still to urge be?
fore I finish my letter. You don't know your
brother and his wife as well as I do if you
doubt their answer. I believe they have
courage enough and heart enough tosayyes."
Henry submitted without being convinced.
He was a man who disliked all eccentric
departures from custom and routine, and he
felt especially suspicious of the change pro?
posed in the life of Agnes. With new inter?
ests to occupy her mind she might be less
favorably disposed to listen to him on the
next occasion when he urged his suit. The
influence of the "lonely, useless existence" of
which she complained was distinctly an influ?
ence in his favor. While her heart was
empty, her heart was accessible. But with
his nieces in full possession of it, the clouds of
doubt overshadowed his prospects. He knew
theses well enough to keep these purely'self?
ish perplexities to himself. The waiting pol?
icy was especially the policy to pursue with
a woman as sensitivo as Agnes. If he once
offended her delicacy he was lost For the
moment he wisely controlled himself and
changed the subject
"My little niece's letter has hadan effect,"
he said, "which the child never con?
templated in writing it She has jost re?
minded me of one of the objects that I had in
calling on yon today."
Agnes looked st the child's letter. "How
does Lucy do that?- she asked.
"Lucy's governess is not the only lucky
person who has had money left her," Henry
answered. "Is your old nurse in the house?" -
"You don't mean to say that nurse has got
a legacy?"
"Sbo has got a hundred pounds. Send for
her, Agnes, while I show you tho letter."
Ho took a handful of letters from his
pocket and looked through them, while Agnes
rang the bell. Returning to him, she noticed
a printed letter among the rest which lay
upon the table. It was a "prospectus," and
thc title of it was "Palace Hotel Company cf
Venice (Limited)." Tho two words, "Palace"
and "Venice," instantly recalled her mind to
the unwelcome visit of- Lady Montbarry.
"What is that?" she asked, pointing to the
title.
Henry suspended his search and glanced at
tho prospectus. "A really promising specu?
lation " he said. "Large hotels always pay
well if they are well managed. I know the
man who is appointed to be manager of this
hotel when it is opened to the public, and 1
have such entire confidence in him that I
have become one of the shareholders of the
company."
The reply did not appear to satisfy Agnes.
"Why is the hotel called the 'Palace hotel?' "
she inquired.
Henry looked at her, and at once pene?
trated her motive for asking th? question.
"Yes," he said, "Ht is the palace that Mont?
barry hired at Venice, and it has been pur?
chase.! by the company to be changed into
an hotel."
Agnes furred away m s?'ence and took a
chair at the further end of thc room. Henry
had disappointed her. His income as a
younger sou stood in need, ifs she well knew,
of all the ad litions he could make to it by
successful speculation. But she was unrea?
sonable enough, nevertheless, to disapprove of
his attempting to make money already out of
the house in which his brother had died. In?
capable of understanding this purely senti?
mental view of a plain matter Of business,
Henry returned to his papors, in some per?
plexity at the sudden change in tho manner
of Agnes toward him. Just as he found the
letter of which ho was in search the nun?
made her appearance. Ile glanced at Agues,
expecting that she should speak first. She
never even looked up when the nurse came in.
It was left to Henry to tell the old woman
why the bell had summoned h?r to the draw?
ing room.
"Well, nurse," ho said, "you have had a
windfall of luck. You have had a legacy
left you of ?100."
The nurse showed no outward signs of ex- j
ultation. She waited a little to get the an- j
nounccment of tho "legacy settled in her j
mind-and then she said, quietly: "Master I
Henry, who gives me that mouey, if you j
please?"
"My late brother, Loni Montbarry; gives it j
to you." (Agues instantly looked up, inter- i
ested in the matter for the first time. Henry j
trent on.) "Iiis will leaves legacies to the j
surviving old servants of the family. There ;
is a letter from hts lawyers, authorizing you j
to apply to them for the money." ?
lu every CIJSS of society gratitude is the i
rarest of all human virtues. In tho nurse's
class it is especially rare. Her opinion of the
mau who had deceived and deserted her mis?
tress remained the same opinion still, per
f ceil y uudisturlxxl by the passing circuit:- i
stance of tue legacy. . ?
"I wonder who reminded my lord of the old*
servants?" she said. "He would never have
had heart euough to remember them him?
self."
Agnes suddenly interposed, Naiure, al?
ways abhorring monotony, institutes re?
serves of temper as elements in the composi-,
tion of the gentlest woman living. Even
Agnes could, on rare occasions, be angry.'.
The nurse's view of Montbarry's, character,
seemed to have provoked her beyond endu?
rance.
"If you have any sense of shame in you,* :
she broke out, "you ought to be ashamed of
what you have just said! Your ic gratitude .
disgusts me. I leave you to speak with ber, *
Henry-you won't mind it?" With this ixl-,
significant intimation thaine too had dropped' -
out of his customary place in her good opin?
ion, she left the reom..
The nurse received the sjnart. reproof ad:.
ministered to her with every appearance of
feeling rather amused at it than not When ".
the door had closed, this female philosopher
winked at Henry.
"Theres a power of obstinacy ia. yoong
women," she remarked. "Miss Agues wouldn't
give my lord up as a bad one, even when bs
jilted ber. And now she's sweet tm biro after
he's dead. Say a word against hrnxand she
fires up, as you see. All obstinacy; It v?lX*
wear out with time, Sfeick to her, Master
Henry-sties to her!" . . . * ....
''She. doesn't seem to have offended xon/1,
and Henry; .' . *' .' ?
"She?" the nurse repeated," in amazement-*
"she offend me? I like her in ber tantrums; *
it reminds me of her when she was a baby.
Lord bless yon! when I go ito bid her good_
night, she'll give me a big kiss,, poor dear
and say. 'Nurse, I7 didn't mean itf* About
this money, Master Henry? If Twas younger, "
I should spend it in dress and jewelry. Bat ,
Tm too old for that What shall I do with/ '
my legacy when I have got itf*
"Put ic out at interest," Henry suggested. " -
"Get so much a year for it, yon know."
"How much shall I get?" the nurse asked.
"If you put your ?100 into the funds, you
will get between ?3 and SA a year."
The nurse shook her head. "Three or four,
pounds a year? That won't do! ' I want moro'
than that. Look here. Master Hauy, I dont ' -
care about this bit of money-I never did j ;
like the man who has left it to me, though he
was your brother. Ii I lost it all to-morrow.
I shouldn't break my heart; I'm well enough',
off, as it is, for the rest af my days. They -
say you're a speculator. . Put me in fora''
good tbiifg, there's a dear! ' Neck or-nothing
-and that for the funds 1" She snapped her .
fingers to express her contempt for security
of investment at 3 per cent
Henry produced the prospectus of ' thc Ye-,
netian Hotel company. "You're a funny old '
woman,*1 be said. "There, yon dashing spec*,
nlatcr-there is neck-or-nothing for youl'
You must keep it a secret from Miss Agnes, *
mind. Fm not at all sara that she would ap-- 6 '?
prove of - my helping yon to this investment",.
The nurse took out her spectacles. a4Six
per cent guaranteed,' she read, 'and the di-,
rectors have every reason to believe that 10
per cent, or more will be ultimately realized
to the shareholders by the hoteL1 Pot roe"
into tha&, Master Henry! And, wherever
you go, for Heaven's sake recommend the"
hotel to your friends!" . -
So the nurse, following Henry's mercenary
example, had her pecuniary interest too, la?
the house in which Lord Montbarry had died. * -
Three days passed before. Henry was able.%
fetyisit Agnes again. In that time the little
ciondTietw^E tbem had entirely passed away. " -
Agnes received hiiBJvith even more than her
customary kindness. ISbe was in better spirits
than usual. Her letter to Mr?- Stephen West
wick had been answered by*P?torn of port,
and her proposal had been joying accepted, '
with one modification. She was to viB$. tho..
West wicks fox- a month-and, if the reaBy\
liked teaching the children, she was then to] -s
be governess, aunt and ocrasin, all in one
and was only to go away in an event which*
her friends in Ireland persisted in contemplat?
ing, the event of her marriage. ." r ' ~
"You see I was right "she said to Henry.
He was still incredulous. "Are yon really
going?" he asked.
"I am going next week."
"When shall I see,you againr"
"You know you are always welcome at
your brother's ' hoiise. Yow can see me .when
you like. " She held out her. hand. "Pardon !
me for leaving you-I am beginning to" pack '
up already."
Henry tried to kiss her nt parting. She'
drew back directly.
"Whynot? il ara your.cousin," ho said.
' "I don't like it," she answered, . ? ^,
Henry looked at herand'subinitted. Her
refusal to grant him his privilege as a cousin .
was a good sign-it was indirectly an act of
encouragement to him in thc character of her
lover. L ?. .
On the first day in the week Agnes left'
London on her way to Ireland. As the event'
proved, this was not destined to be the end of.
her journey. Tho way to Ireland was only.
.be first stage on her way to the solace at*
V ".ice,
THE TBI1?D PA?IT.
CHAPTER X??T,' - s
In the spring of th9 year ISSI Agnes was
established at the country seat of ber'good
friends-now promoted (on the death of the
first lord, without off pring) to be tho new..
Lord and Lady Montbarry. The old nurse
was net separated from- her mistress; A
place suited to her tinte of life had been found :.
for her in thc pleasant Irish household, She
was perfectly happy in her new sphere; and
she spent her first half year's dividend from,
the Venice Ectel company, with character?
istic prodigality, in preseuts for the children,
? Early in tho year, also, the directors of the
lifo insurance of?jces submitted to circum?
stances and paid the ?10,000. Immediately .
afterward tho widow of tho first Lord Mont?
barry (otherwise the dowager Lady Mont?
barry) left England with Baron Rivar for
the United States. The baron's object was
announced in the scientific columns of tho
newspapers to be investigation into the pres?
ent state of experimental chemistry in tho .
great American republic. Hts sister informed
inquiring friends that she accompanied him
in the hope of finding consolation in change':
of scene after the bereavement that hail
fallen on her. Hearingthis news from Henrv ,
West wick (then-?aying a visit at his brother's
house), Agnes was conscious of a certain
sense of reiief. "With the Atlantic between
cs," she said, "surely I har? deo? with tba*'
terrible woman now!*
Barely a week passed af ter tixm words had
been spoken before au event happened which'
reminded Agnes of tho "terrible woman"
Duce more. '
On that day Henry's . engagements bad
obliged him to return to Loudon. He had
ven tumi on tho morning of lu's depai titre to.
press his suit once inore on Agnes; and the
children, as he bat? anticipated, proved to bo
the "innocent obstacles in the w ay of his suc?
cess. On the other hand, lie bad privately -
r?cured a finn ally in his sister-in-law.
"Have a little patience." the new Lady Mont?
barry ha i said, "and leave me to turn the
influence of tho children in the right direc?
tion ; they can persuade her to listen to you,
sud they shall!"
The two ladies had accompanied Henry
and some otiser guests who went away at the
same time to thc railway station, and had just
driven back to the house* when the servant
announced that "a person of tlvenaiue_of Roi-*
land was waiting to &e her Jfadyship;**.
"Is it a woman?"
"Yes. my lady." ... ...
Young Lady Mcnfb?*?r>y ?crf?'t?'Axtm. \
"This is t he very person," she saidV^honi *
your lawyer thought* likely to help when h? ?
was trying to tmce the lost courier."
"You don't n^an the English maid who
was with Lady Montbarry'at Venice?".
"My dear! don't speak of Montbarry*S hor?
rid v. "dow by the name which is my name
now. Stephen and I have arranged* to^ call
her by her foreign title before she was ?a?'
ried. I am 'Lady Montbarry,' and she is the'
'countess.' In that way t here will bo no con^
fusion. Yes, Mrs. Rolland was in my ser?
vice before she became the countess' maid.
She was a perfectly trustworthy person^ with
one defect that- obliged me *o semi "Wv away
-a sullen temper which lau to perpetual com j
plaints of berm theVrvr.uts'hall-WouWyor
like to see her?"
Agnes accented the proposais m the faint
hope of getting g3*ae nitoraiation for tb* ?
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