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She
had
not
left
the
hotel
more
than
ten
minutes
,
before
a
little
note
in
pencil
was
brought
to
Lady
Montbarry
by
the
housekeeper
.
The
writer
proved
to
be
no
less
a
person
than
the
widow
lady
who
occupied
the
room
on
the
other
side
of
the
drawing
-
room
,
which
her
ladyship
had
vainly
hoped
to
secure
for
Agnes
.
Writing
under
the
name
of
Mrs
.
James
,
the
polite
widow
explained
that
she
had
heard
from
the
housekeeper
of
the
disappointment
experienced
by
Lady
Montbarry
in
the
matter
of
the
rooms
.
Mrs
.
James
was
quite
alone
;
and
as
long
as
her
bed
-
chamber
was
airy
and
comfortable
,
it
mattered
nothing
to
her
whether
she
slept
on
the
first
or
the
second
floor
of
the
house
.
She
had
accordingly
much
pleasure
in
proposing
to
change
rooms
with
Miss
Lockwood
.
Her
luggage
had
already
been
removed
,
and
Miss
Lockwood
had
only
to
take
possession
of
the
room
(
Number
13
A
)
,
which
was
now
entirely
at
her
disposal
.
’
I
immediately
proposed
to
see
Mrs
.
James
,
’
Lady
Montbarry
continued
,
’
and
to
thank
her
personally
for
her
extreme
kindness
.
But
I
was
informed
that
she
had
gone
out
,
without
leaving
word
at
what
hour
she
might
be
expected
to
return
.
I
have
written
a
little
note
of
thanks
,
saying
that
we
hope
to
have
the
pleasure
of
personally
expressing
our
sense
of
Mrs
.
James
’
s
courtesy
to
-
morrow
.
In
the
mean
time
,
Agnes
,
I
have
ordered
your
boxes
to
be
removed
downstairs
.
Go
!
—
and
judge
for
yourself
,
my
dear
,
if
that
good
lady
has
not
given
up
to
you
the
prettiest
room
in
the
house
!
’
With
those
words
,
Lady
Montbarry
left
Miss
Lockwood
to
make
a
hasty
toilet
for
dinner
.
The
new
room
at
once
produced
a
favourable
impression
on
Agnes
.
The
large
window
,
opening
into
a
balcony
,
commanded
an
admirable
view
of
the
canal
.
The
decorations
on
the
walls
and
ceiling
were
skilfully
copied
from
the
exquisitely
graceful
designs
of
Raphael
in
the
Vatican
.
The
massive
wardrobe
possessed
compartments
of
unusual
size
,
in
which
double
the
number
of
dresses
that
Agnes
possessed
might
have
been
conveniently
hung
at
full
length
.
In
the
inner
corner
of
the
room
,
near
the
head
of
the
bedstead
,
there
was
a
recess
which
had
been
turned
into
a
little
dressing
-
room
,
and
which
opened
by
a
second
door
on
the
interior
staircase
of
the
hotel
,
commonly
used
by
the
servants
.
Noticing
these
aspects
of
the
room
at
a
glance
,
Agnes
made
the
necessary
change
in
her
dress
,
as
quickly
as
possible
.
On
her
way
back
to
the
drawing
-
room
she
was
addressed
by
a
chambermaid
in
the
corridor
who
asked
for
her
key
.
’
I
will
put
your
room
tidy
for
the
night
,
Miss
,
’
the
woman
said
,
’
and
I
will
then
bring
the
key
back
to
you
in
the
drawing
-
room
.
’
While
the
chambermaid
was
at
her
work
,
a
solitary
lady
,
loitering
about
the
corridor
of
the
second
storey
,
was
watching
her
over
the
bannisters
.
After
a
while
,
the
maid
appeared
,
with
her
pail
in
her
hand
,
leaving
the
room
by
way
of
the
dressing
-
room
and
the
back
stairs
.
As
she
passed
out
of
sight
,
the
lady
on
the
second
floor
(
no
other
,
it
is
needless
to
add
,
than
the
Countess
herself
)
ran
swiftly
down
the
stairs
,
entered
the
bed
-
chamber
by
the
principal
door
,
and
hid
herself
in
the
empty
side
compartment
of
the
wardrobe
.
The
chambermaid
returned
,
completed
her
work
,
locked
the
door
of
the
dressing
-
room
on
the
inner
side
,
locked
the
principal
entrance
-
door
on
leaving
the
room
,
and
returned
the
key
to
Agnes
in
the
drawing
-
room
.
The
travellers
were
just
sitting
down
to
their
late
dinner
,
when
one
of
the
children
noticed
that
Agnes
was
not
wearing
her
watch
.
Had
she
left
it
in
her
bed
-
chamber
in
the
hurry
of
changing
her
dress
?
She
rose
from
the
table
at
once
in
search
of
her
watch
;
Lady
Montbarry
advising
her
,
as
she
went
out
,
to
see
to
the
security
of
her
bed
-
chamber
,
in
the
event
of
there
being
thieves
in
the
house
.
Agnes
found
her
watch
,
forgotten
on
the
toilet
table
,
as
she
had
anticipated
.
Before
leaving
the
room
again
she
acted
on
Lady
Montbarry
’
s
advice
,
and
tried
the
key
in
the
lock
of
the
dressing
-
room
door
.
It
was
properly
secured
.
She
left
the
bed
-
chamber
,
locking
the
main
door
behind
her
.
Immediately
on
her
departure
,
the
Countess
,
oppressed
by
the
confined
air
in
the
wardrobe
,
ventured
on
stepping
out
of
her
hiding
place
into
the
empty
room
.
