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welcome       with    her。   Wait    a   minute�察   �Mrs。   Rolland。     This   lady    is  Miss 



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Lockwoodmy husband's cousin�察�and my friend。 She is anxious to speak 

to you about the courier who was in the late Lord Montbarry's service at 

Venice。' 

     Mrs。   Rolland's   bushy   eyebrows   frowned   in   stern   disapproval   of   the 

new topic of conversation。          'I regret to hear it�察�my lady��' was all she said。 

     'Perhaps you have not been informed of what happened after you left 

Venice��'     Agnes ventured to add。          'Ferrari left the palace secretly�察�and he 

has never been heard of since。' 

     Mrs。    Rolland    mysteriously   closed      her   eyesas    if  to  exclude   some 

vision   of the   lost   courier   which   was   of   a nature to disturb   a   respectable 

woman。 'Nothing that Mr。 Ferrari could do would surprise me��' she replied 

in her deepest bass tones。 

     'You speak rather harshly of him��' said Agnes。 

     Mrs。   Rolland   suddenly   opened   her   eyes   again。       'I   speak   harshly   of 

nobody      without    reason��'   she   said。   'Mr。   Ferrari    behaved     to  me�察  �Miss 

Lockwood�察�as no man living has ever behavedbefore or since。' 

     'What did he do��' 

     Mrs。 Rolland answered�察�with a stony stare of horror�此�

     'He took liberties with me。' 

     Young       Lady     Montbarry       suddenly     turned     aside�察   �and    put    her 

handkerchief over her mouth in convulsions of suppressed laughter。 

     Mrs。   Rolland   went   on�察  �with   a   grim   enjoyment   of   the   bewilderment 

which   her   reply   had   produced   in   Agnes�此     �'And   when   I   insisted   on   an 

apology�察�Miss�察�he had the audacity to say that the life at the palace was 

dull�察�and he didn't know how else to amuse himself��' 

     'I am afraid I have hardly made myself understood��' said Agnes。 'I am 

not speaking to you out of any interest in Ferrari。 Are you aware that he is 

married��' 

     'I pity his wife��' said Mrs。 Rolland。 

     'She is naturally in great grief about him��' Agnes proceeded。 

     'She ought to thank God she is rid of him��' Mrs。 Rolland interposed。 

     Agnes still persisted。       'I have known Mrs。 Ferrari from her childhood�察�

and   I   am   sincerely   anxious   to   help   her   in   this   matter。 Did   you   notice 



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anything�察�while you were at Venice�察�that would account for her husband's 

extraordinary disappearance�拭            �On what sort of terms�察�for instance�察�did he 

live with his master and mistress��' 

     'On terms of familiarity with his mistress��' said Mrs。 Rolland�察�'which 

were     simply    sickening     to  a   respectable     English    servant。    She   used    to 

encourage him to talk to her about all his affairs how he got on with his 

wife�察  �and   how   pressed   he   was   for   money�察  �and   such   likejust   as   if   they 

were equals。       Contemptiblethat's what I call it。' 

     'And   his   master��'     Agnes   continued。        'How   did   Ferrari   get   on   with 

Lord Montbarry��' 

     'My lord used to live shut up with his studies and his sorrows��' Mrs。 

Rolland   answered�察  �with   a   hard   solemnity   expressive   of   respect   for   his 

lordship's memory。          Mr。 Ferrari got his money when it was due�察�and he 

cared for nothing else。         ;If I could afford it�察�I would leave the place too�察�

but   I   can't   afford it。;  Those   were   the   last   words   he said   to   me�察 �on   the 

morning       when    I  left  the   palace。    I  made    no   reply。    After     what    had 

happened ��on that other occasion�� I was naturally not on speaking terms 

with Mr。 Ferrari。' 

     'Can   you   really   tell   me   nothing   which   will   throw   any   light   on   this 

matter��' 

     'Nothing��'     said    Mrs。    Rolland�察    �with   an   undisguised       relish   of   the 

disappointment that she was inflicting。 

     'There was another member of the family at Venice��' Agnes resumed�察�

determined   to   sift   the   question   to   the   bottom   while   she   had   the   chance。 

'There was Baron Rivar。' 

     Mrs。 Rolland lifted her large hands�察�covered with rusty black gloves�察�in 

mute protest against the introduction of Baron Rivar as a subject of inquiry。 

'Are you aware�察�Miss��' she began�察�'that I left my place in consequence of 

what I observed��' 

     Agnes   stopped   her   there。      'I   only   wanted   to   ask��'   she   explained�察  �'if 

anything      was    said  or   done    by  Baron     Rivar    which    might    account     for 

Ferrari's strange conduct。' 

     'Nothing   that   I   know   of��'   said   Mrs。   Rolland。      'The   Baron   and   Mr。 



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Ferrari ��if I may use such an expression�� were ;birds of a feather�察─�so far 

as I could seeI mean�察�one was as unprincipled as the other。 I am a just 

woman�察  �and   I   will   give   you   an   example。    Only   the   day   before   I   left�察  �I 

heard   the   Baron   say   ��through   the   open   door   of   his   room   while   I   was 

passing   along   the   corridor���察   �Ferrari�察  �I   want   a   thousand   pounds。    What 

would you do for a thousand pounds�拭─               �And I heard Mr。 Ferrari answer�察�

;Anything�察�sir�察�as long as I was not found out。; And then they both burst 

out laughing。       I heard no more than that。 Judge for yourself�察�Miss。' 

     Agnes reflected for a moment。            A thousand pounds was the sum that 

had been sent to Mrs。 Ferrari in the anonymous letter。 Was that enclosure 

in   any   way   connected�察  �as   a   result�察  �with   the   conversation   between   the 

Baron   and   Ferrari�拭    �It   was   useless   to   press   any   more   inquiries   on   Mrs。 

Rolland。      She     could    give   no   further   information      which    was    of  the 

slightest importance to the object in view。              There was no alternative but 

to grant her dismissal。 One more effort had been made to find a trace of 

the lost man�察�and once again the effort had failed。 



     They were a family party at the dinner´table that day。               The only guest 

left in the house was a nephew of the new Lord Montbarry the eldest son 

of his sister�察�Lady Barrville。         Lady Montbarry could not resist telling the 

story of the first ��and last�� attack made on the virtue of Mrs。 Rolland�察�with 

a   comically´exact       imitation   of  Mrs。    Rolland's    deep   and    dismal   voice。 

Being asked by her husband what was the object which had brought that 

formidable person to the house�察�she natural
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