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Henry
turned
to
Mrs
.
Ferrari
as
the
lawyer
closed
the
door
.
’
I
have
heard
of
your
trouble
,
Emily
,
from
Miss
Lockwood
.
Is
there
anything
I
can
do
to
help
you
?
’
’
Nothing
,
sir
,
thank
you
.
Perhaps
,
I
had
better
go
home
after
what
has
happened
?
I
will
call
to
-
morrow
,
and
see
if
I
can
be
of
any
use
to
Miss
Agnes
.
I
am
very
sorry
for
her
.
’
She
stole
away
,
with
her
formal
curtsey
,
her
noiseless
step
,
and
her
obstinate
resolution
to
take
the
gloomiest
view
of
her
husband
’
s
case
.
Henry
Westwick
looked
round
him
in
the
solitude
of
the
little
drawing
-
room
.
There
was
nothing
to
keep
him
in
the
house
,
and
yet
he
lingered
in
it
.
It
was
something
to
be
even
near
Agnes
—
to
see
the
things
belonging
to
her
that
were
scattered
about
the
room
.
There
,
in
the
corner
,
was
her
chair
,
with
her
embroidery
on
the
work
-
table
by
its
side
.
On
the
little
easel
near
the
window
was
her
last
drawing
,
not
quite
finished
yet
.
The
book
she
had
been
reading
lay
on
the
sofa
,
with
her
tiny
pencil
-
case
in
it
to
mark
the
place
at
which
she
had
left
off
One
after
another
,
he
looked
at
the
objects
that
reminded
him
of
the
woman
whom
he
loved
—
took
them
up
tenderly
—
and
laid
them
down
again
with
a
sigh
.
Ah
,
how
far
,
how
unattainably
far
from
him
,
she
was
still
!
’
She
will
never
forget
Montbarry
,
’
he
thought
to
himself
as
he
took
up
his
hat
to
go
.
’
Not
one
of
us
feels
his
death
as
she
feels
it
.
Miserable
,
miserable
wretch
—
how
she
loved
him
!
’
In
the
street
,
as
Henry
closed
the
house
-
door
,
he
was
stopped
by
a
passing
acquaintance
—
a
wearisome
inquisitive
man
—
doubly
unwelcome
to
him
,
at
that
moment
.
’
Sad
news
,
Westwick
,
this
about
your
brother
.
Rather
an
unexpected
death
,
wasn
’
t
it
?
We
never
heard
at
the
club
that
Montbarry
’
s
lungs
were
weak
.
What
will
the
insurance
offices
do
?
’
Henry
started
;
he
had
never
thought
of
his
brother
’
s
life
insurance
.
What
could
the
offices
do
but
pay
?
A
death
by
bronchitis
,
certified
by
two
physicians
,
was
surely
the
least
disputable
of
all
deaths
.
’
I
wish
you
hadn
’
t
put
that
question
into
my
head
!
’
he
broke
out
irritably
.
’
Ah
!
’
said
his
friend
,
’
you
think
the
widow
will
get
the
money
?
So
do
I
!
so
do
I
!
’
Some
days
later
,
the
insurance
offices
(
two
in
number
)
received
the
formal
announcement
of
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
death
,
from
her
ladyship
’
s
London
solicitors
.
The
sum
insured
in
each
office
was
five
thousand
pounds
—
on
which
one
year
’
s
premium
only
had
been
paid
.
In
the
face
of
such
a
pecuniary
emergency
as
this
,
the
Directors
thought
it
desirable
to
consider
their
position
.
The
medical
advisers
of
the
two
offices
,
who
had
recommended
the
insurance
of
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
life
,
were
called
into
council
over
their
own
reports
.
The
result
excited
some
interest
among
persons
connected
with
the
business
of
life
insurance
.
Without
absolutely
declining
to
pay
the
money
,
the
two
offices
(
acting
in
concert
)
decided
on
sending
a
commission
of
inquiry
to
Venice
,
’
for
the
purpose
of
obtaining
further
information
.
’
Mr
.
Troy
received
the
earliest
intelligence
of
what
was
going
on
.
He
wrote
at
once
to
communicate
his
news
to
Agnes
;
adding
,
what
he
considered
to
be
a
valuable
hint
,
in
these
words
:
’
You
are
intimately
acquainted
,
I
know
,
with
Lady
Barville
,
the
late
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
eldest
sister
.
The
solicitors
employed
by
her
husband
are
also
the
solicitors
to
one
of
the
two
insurance
offices
.
There
may
possibly
be
something
in
the
report
of
the
commission
of
inquiry
touching
on
Ferrari
’
s
disappearance
.
Ordinary
persons
would
not
be
permitted
,
of
course
,
to
see
such
a
document
.
But
a
sister
of
the
late
lord
is
so
near
a
relative
as
to
be
an
exception
to
general
rules
.
If
Sir
Theodore
Barville
puts
it
on
that
footing
,
the
lawyers
,
even
if
they
do
not
allow
his
wife
to
look
at
the
report
,
will
at
least
answer
any
discreet
questions
she
may
ask
referring
to
it
.
Let
me
hear
what
you
think
of
this
suggestion
,
at
your
earliest
convenience
.
’
