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The
reply
was
received
by
return
of
post
.
Agnes
declined
to
avail
herself
of
Mr
.
Troy
’
s
proposal
.
’
My
interference
,
innocent
as
it
was
,
’
she
wrote
,
’
has
already
been
productive
of
such
deplorable
results
,
that
I
cannot
and
dare
not
stir
any
further
in
the
case
of
Ferrari
.
If
I
had
not
consented
to
let
that
unfortunate
man
refer
to
me
by
name
,
the
late
Lord
Montbarry
would
never
have
engaged
him
,
and
his
wife
would
have
been
spared
the
misery
and
suspense
from
which
she
is
suffering
now
.
I
would
not
even
look
at
the
report
to
which
you
allude
if
it
was
placed
in
my
hands
—
I
have
heard
more
than
enough
already
of
that
hideous
life
in
the
palace
at
Venice
.
If
Mrs
.
Ferrari
chooses
to
address
herself
to
Lady
Barville
(
with
your
assistance
)
,
that
is
of
course
quite
another
thing
.
But
,
even
in
this
case
,
I
must
make
it
a
positive
condition
that
my
name
shall
not
be
mentioned
.
Forgive
me
,
dear
Mr
.
Troy
!
I
am
very
unhappy
,
and
very
unreasonable
—
but
I
am
only
a
woman
,
and
you
must
not
expect
too
much
from
me
.
’
Foiled
in
this
direction
,
the
lawyer
next
advised
making
the
attempt
to
discover
the
present
address
of
Lady
Montbarry
’
s
English
maid
.
This
excellent
suggestion
had
one
drawback
:
it
could
only
be
carried
out
by
spending
money
—
and
there
was
no
money
to
spend
.
Mrs
.
Ferrari
shrank
from
the
bare
idea
of
making
any
use
of
the
thousand
-
pound
note
.
It
had
been
deposited
in
the
safe
keeping
of
a
bank
.
If
it
was
even
mentioned
in
her
hearing
,
she
shuddered
and
referred
to
it
,
with
melodramatic
fervour
,
as
’
my
husband
’
s
blood
-
money
!
’
So
,
under
stress
of
circumstances
,
the
attempt
to
solve
the
mystery
of
Ferrari
’
s
disappearance
was
suspended
for
a
while
.
It
was
the
last
month
of
the
year
1860
.
The
commission
of
inquiry
was
already
at
work
;
having
begun
its
investigations
on
December
6
.
On
the
10th
,
the
term
for
which
the
late
Lord
Montbarry
had
hired
the
Venetian
palace
,
expired
.
News
by
telegram
reached
the
insurance
offices
that
Lady
Montbarry
had
been
advised
by
her
lawyers
to
leave
for
London
with
as
little
delay
as
possible
.
Baron
Rivar
,
it
was
believed
,
would
accompany
her
to
England
,
but
would
not
remain
in
that
country
,
unless
his
services
were
absolutely
required
by
her
ladyship
.
The
Baron
,
’
well
known
as
an
enthusiastic
student
of
chemistry
,
’
had
heard
of
certain
recent
discoveries
in
connection
with
that
science
in
the
United
States
,
and
was
anxious
to
investigate
them
personally
.
These
items
of
news
,
collected
by
Mr
.
Troy
,
were
duly
communicated
to
Mrs
.
Ferrari
,
whose
anxiety
about
her
husband
made
her
a
frequent
,
a
too
frequent
,
visitor
at
the
lawyer
’
s
office
.
She
attempted
to
relate
what
she
had
heard
to
her
good
friend
and
protectress
.
Agnes
steadily
refused
to
listen
,
and
positively
forbade
any
further
conversation
relating
to
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
wife
,
now
that
Lord
Montbarry
was
no
more
.
’
You
have
Mr
Troy
to
advise
you
,
’
she
said
;
’
and
you
are
welcome
to
what
little
money
I
can
spare
,
if
money
is
wanted
.
All
I
ask
in
return
is
that
you
will
not
distress
me
.
I
am
trying
to
separate
myself
from
remembrances
—
’
her
voice
faltered
;
she
paused
to
control
herself
—
’
from
remembrances
,
’
she
resumed
,
’
which
are
sadder
than
ever
since
I
have
heard
of
Lord
Montbarry
’
s
death
.
Help
me
by
your
silence
to
recover
my
spirits
,
if
I
can
.
Let
me
hear
nothing
more
,
until
I
can
rejoice
with
you
that
your
husband
is
found
.
’
Time
advanced
to
the
13th
of
the
month
;
and
more
information
of
the
interesting
sort
reached
Mr
.
Troy
.
The
labours
of
the
insurance
commission
had
come
to
an
end
—
the
report
had
been
received
from
Venice
on
that
day
.
On
the
14th
the
Directors
and
their
legal
advisers
met
for
the
reading
of
the
report
,
with
closed
doors
.
These
were
the
terms
in
which
the
Commissioners
related
the
results
of
their
inquiry
:
’
Private
and
confidential
.
