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discomfort。       Again he passed a sleepless night。 And once more�察�when he 

tried to eat his breakfast�察�his appetite completely failed him� �

     This personal experience of the new hotel was too extraordinary to be 

passed   over  in   silence。     Henry   mentioned   it to   his   friends   in   the   public 

room�察�in the hearing of the manager。              The manager�察�naturally zealous in 

defence   of   the   hotel�察  �was   a   little   hurt   at   the   implied   reflection   cast   on 

Number       Fourteen。       He    invited    the   travellers    present    to   judge    for 

themselves       whether     Mr。   Westwick's      bedroom      was    to  blame     for  Mr。 

Westwick's sleepless nights�察�and he especially appealed to a grey´headed 

gentleman�察�a guest at the breakfast´table of an English traveller�察�to take the 

lead   in   the   investigation。   'This   is   Doctor   Bruno�察  �our   first   physician   in 

Venice��'   he   explained。   'I   appeal to   him  to   say  if   there   are   any  unhealthy 

influences in Mr。 Westwick's room。' 

     Introduced to Number Fourteen�察�the doctor looked round him with a 

certain   appearance   of   interest   which   was   noticed   by   everyone   present。 

'The last time I was in this room��' he said�察�'was on a melancholy occasion。 

It was before the palace was changed into an hotel。                 I was in professional 



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attendance   on   an   English   nobleman   who   died   here。'   One   of   the   persons 

present     inquired    the   name    of  the   nobleman。      Doctor    Bruno     answered 

��without the slightest suspicion that he was speaking before a brother of 

the dead man���察�'Lord Montbarry。' 

     Henry quietly left the room�察�without saying a word to anybody。 

     He was not�察�in any sense of the term�察�a superstitious man。                 But he felt�察�

nevertheless�察�an insurmountable reluctance to remaining in the hotel。 He 

decided   on   leaving   Venice。       To   ask   for   another   room   would   be�察  �as   he 

could   plainly   see�察  �an   offence   in   the   eyes   of   the   manager。   To   remove   to 

another hotel�察�would be to openly abandon an establishment in the success 

of which he had a pecuniary interest。 Leaving a note for Arthur Barville�察�

on his arrival in Venice�察�in which he merely mentioned that he had gone to 

look   at   the   Italian   lakes�察  �and   that   a   line   addressed   to   his   hotel   at   Milan 

would bring   him  back   again�察 �he   took   the   afternoon   train   to   Padua   and 

dined with his usual appetite�察�and slept as well as ever that night。 

     The    next   day�察  �a  gentleman      and   his  wife    ��perfect   strangers    to  the 

Montbarry family���察�returning to England by way of Venice�察�arrived at the 

hotel and occupied Number Fourteen。 

     Still   mindful     of  the   slur  that   had   been    cast   on   one   of  his   best 

bedchambers�察  �the   manager   took   occasion   to   ask   the   travellers   the   next 

morning how they liked their room。                They left him to judge for himself 

how  well   they  were   satisfied�察 �by  remaining   a   day  longer   in Venice  than 

they had originally planned to do�察�solely for the purpose of enjoying the 

excellent   accommodation   offered   to   them   by   the   new   hotel。         'We   have 

met     with   nothing    like   it  in  Italy��'  they   said�察  �'you   may    rely   on   our 

recommending you to all our friends。' 

     On the day when Number Fourteen was again vacant�察�an English lady 

travelling alone with her maid arrived at the hotel�察�saw the room�察�and at 

once engaged it。 

     The lady was Mrs。 Norbury。            She had left Francis Westwick at Milan�察�

occupied in negotiating for the appearance at his theatre of the new dancer 

at the Scala。      Not having heard to the contrary�察�Mrs。 Norbury supposed 

that Arthur Barville and his wife had already arrived at Venice。                   She was 



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more interested in meeting the young married couple than in awaiting the 

result   of   the   hard   bargaining   which   delayed   the   engagement   of   the   new 

dancer�察    �and    she   volunteered     to   make    her   brother's    apologies�察   �if  his 

theatrical business caused him to be late in keeping his appointment at the 

honeymoon festival。 

     Mrs。 Norbury's experience of Number Fourteen differed entirely from 

her brother Henry's experience of the room。 

     Failing    asleep    as  readily   as   usual�察  �her  repose    was   disturbed     by  a 

succession   of   frightful   dreams�察  �the   central   figure   in   every   one   of   them 

being the figure of her dead brother�察�the first Lord Montbarry。                    She saw 

him starving in a loathsome prison�察�she saw him pursued by assassins�察�and 

dying under their knives�察�she saw him drowning in immeasurable depths 

of dark water�察�she saw him in a bed on fire�察�burning to death in the flames�察�

she   saw   him   tempted   by   a   shadowy   creature   to   drink�察  �and   dying   of   the 

poisonous   draught。   The   reiterated   horror   of   these   dreams   had   such   an 

effect   on   her   that   she   rose   with   the   dawn   of   day�察  �afraid   to   trust   herself 

again in bed。 In the old times�察�she had been noted in the family as the one 

member of it who lived on affectionate terms with Montbarry。 His other 

sister   and   his   brothers   were   constantly   quarrelling   with   him。   Even   his 

mother owned that her eldest son was of all her children the child whom 

she least liked。      Sensible and resolute woman as she was�察�Mrs。 Norbury 

shuddered with terror as she sat at the window of her room�察�watching the 

sunrise�察�and thinking of her dreams。 

     She made the first excuse that occurred to her�察�when her maid came in 

at the usual hour�察�and noticed how ill she looked。 The woman was of so 

superstitious   a   temperament   that   it   would   have   been   in   the   last   degree 

indiscreet to trust her with the truth。 Mrs。 Norbury merely remarked that 

she had not found the bed quite to her liking�察�on account of the large size 

of it。 She was accustomed at home�察�as her maid knew�察�to sleep in a small 

bed。 Informed of this objection later in the day�察�the manager regretted that 

he    could   only   offer   to  the  lady   the   choice    of  one   other   bedchamber�察�

numbered   Thirty´eight�察  �and   situated         immediately   over   the   bedchamber 

which she desired to leave。           Mrs。 Norbury accepted the proposed change 



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