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Updated: May 13, 2025
I left the House in a considerable uproar, and strolled on to the house of a friend of mine, one Mme. Devarges, the widow of a French gentleman who had found his way to Whittingham from New Calendonia.
As she handed it to me, she said in a low voice: "If I were his friend I should take care Johnny didn't know anything, Mr. Martin." "If I were his friend I should take care he told me what he knew, Mme. Devarges," I replied. "Perhaps that's what the colonel thinks," she said. "Johnny has just been telling us how very attentive he has become. And the signorina too, I hear." "You don't mean that?"
"You needn't pretend to be so very innocent; I expect you could give a pretty good guess." "Mme. Devarges?" I asked blandly. "Suitable match; about your age " "I wish to the devil you wouldn't try to be funny!" he exclaimed. "You know as well as I do it's the signorina." "Really?" I replied. "Well, well! I fancied you were a little touched in that quarter. And she has consented to make you happy?"
"And a most valuable one," I replied, with a bow, for I saw that for some reason or other Donna Antonia did not mean to let me pump Johnny Carr, and I wanted to pump him. "Don't say another word, Mr. Carr," she said, with a laugh. "You know you don't know anything, do you?" "Good Lord, no!" said Johnny. Meanwhile Mme. Devarges was giving me a cup of tea.
Devarges often had information. "I don't know," she said. "But if I owned national bonds, I should sell." "Pardon me, madame; you would offer to sell." She laughed. "Ah! I see my advice comes too late." I did not see any need to enlighten her farther. So I passed on to Donna Antonia, who had sat somewhat sulkily since her outburst. I sat down by her and said: "Surely I haven't offended you?"
"Tell you what it is," said Johnny; "he hasn't got a " Here Donna Antonia struck in, rather suddenly, I thought. "Do stop the gentleman talking politics, Mme. Devarges. They'll spoil our tea-party." "Your word is law," I said; "but I should like to know what Don Antonio hasn't got." "Now do be quiet," she rejoined; "isn't it quite enough that he has got a charming daughter?"
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