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’
Don
’
t
mention
the
poor
girl
’
s
name
;
it
’
s
too
bad
to
make
a
joke
of
that
part
of
the
business
;
she
has
behaved
nobly
under
shameful
provocation
;
there
is
but
one
excuse
for
Montbarry
—
he
is
either
a
madman
or
a
fool
.
’
In
these
terms
the
protest
expressed
itself
on
all
sides
.
Speaking
confidentially
to
his
next
neighbour
,
the
Doctor
discovered
that
the
lady
referred
to
was
already
known
to
him
(
through
the
Countess
’
s
confession
)
as
the
lady
deserted
by
Lord
Montbarry
.
Her
name
was
Agnes
Lockwood
.
She
was
described
as
being
the
superior
of
the
Countess
in
personal
attraction
,
and
as
being
also
by
some
years
the
younger
woman
of
the
two
.
Making
all
allowance
for
the
follies
that
men
committed
every
day
in
their
relations
with
women
,
Montbarry
’
s
delusion
was
still
the
most
monstrous
delusion
on
record
.
In
this
expression
of
opinion
every
man
present
agreed
—
the
lawyer
even
included
.
Not
one
of
them
could
call
to
mind
the
innumerable
instances
in
which
the
sexual
influence
has
proved
irresistible
in
the
persons
of
women
without
even
the
pretension
to
beauty
.
The
very
members
of
the
club
whom
the
Countess
(
in
spite
of
her
personal
disadvantages
)
could
have
most
easily
fascinated
,
if
she
had
thought
it
worth
her
while
,
were
the
members
who
wondered
most
loudly
at
Montbarry
’
s
choice
of
a
wife
.
While
the
topic
of
the
Countess
’
s
marriage
was
still
the
one
topic
of
conversation
,
a
member
of
the
club
entered
the
smoking
-
room
whose
appearance
instantly
produced
a
dead
silence
.
Doctor
Wybrow
’
s
next
neighbour
whispered
to
him
,
’
Montbarry
’
s
brother
—
Henry
Westwick
!
’
The
new
-
comer
looked
round
him
slowly
,
with
a
bitter
smile
.
’
You
are
all
talking
of
my
brother
,
’
he
said
.
’
Don
’
t
mind
me
.
Not
one
of
you
can
despise
him
more
heartily
than
I
do
.
Go
on
,
gentlemen
—
go
on
!
’
But
one
man
present
took
the
speaker
at
his
word
.
That
man
was
the
lawyer
who
had
already
undertaken
the
defence
of
the
Countess
.
’
I
stand
alone
in
my
opinion
,
’
he
said
,
’
and
I
am
not
ashamed
of
repeating
it
in
anybody
’
s
hearing
.
I
consider
the
Countess
Narona
to
be
a
cruelly
-
treated
woman
.
Why
shouldn
’
t
she
be
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
wife
?
Who
can
say
she
has
a
mercenary
motive
in
marrying
him
?
’
Montbarry
’
s
brother
turned
sharply
on
the
speaker
.
’
I
say
it
!
’
he
answered
.
The
reply
might
have
shaken
some
men
.
The
lawyer
stood
on
his
ground
as
firmly
as
ever
.
’
I
believe
I
am
right
,
’
he
rejoined
,
’
in
stating
that
his
lordship
’
s
income
is
not
more
than
sufficient
to
support
his
station
in
life
;
also
that
it
is
an
income
derived
almost
entirely
from
landed
property
in
Ireland
,
every
acre
of
which
is
entailed
.
’
Montbarry
’
s
brother
made
a
sign
,
admitting
that
he
had
no
objection
to
offer
so
far
.
