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Updated: June 30, 2025
"And now, with your Excellency's permission," said the new-made knight, "I am going to pay my last visit to the remains of my old companion in arms." "Not with the purpose of going through the ceremonial of interment?" said the Marquis, who did not know how far Sir Dugald's enthusiasm might lead him; "consider our brave fellows themselves will have but a hasty burial."
Judge Merlin, Ishmael, Claudia and the countess entered the fly. The professor and his charges walked. And thus they reached the "Highlander," where the news of Faustina Dugald's conviction had preceded them. The trial had occupied the whole day. It was now late in the evening; too late for our party to think of going on to Edinboro' that night.
Dugald's companion, whatever her pretensions might be, no proper associate for Lady Vincent. She met the visitor, however, at dinner, which was served some hours earlier than usual in order to give the play-going party time enough to reach their destination before the rising of the curtain. She found Mrs.
She had waited patiently until Sir Dugald's barbarous eleven o'clock supper was over, and then she had gone to her room, stirred the fire, and dropped down upon the hearth-rug to think it over. She thought over it for a long time, her handsome eyes brooding over the red coals, but after about half an hour she spoke out aloud to the silence of the room. "He loved me," she said. "He loved me me.
Then, silent as death, they stole into the castle and glided along the dark, deserted halls and up its staircases. The viscount paused before the door of Mrs. Dugald's boudoir, and taking the maid's pass-key from its hiding place, softly unlocked and entered the room, beckoning his companions in crime to follow.
Dugald's position in the family. She put out her hand and rang the bell that hung just within her reach. Katie answered it. "Tell the housekeeper I would like to see her now," said Lady Vincent. Katie tossed her head and went out. Katie was already jealous of the housekeeper. In a few minutes Mrs. Murdock entered. "I hope your leddyship is better," she said, courtesying.
Dugald's apartments; the guilty paleness of the viscount at the breakfast table; the strange words spoken in Italian by Faustina; the mysterious disappearance of Katie; all, all these pointed to one dreadful deed, from the bare thought of which all Claudia's soul recoiled in horror. "Jim!" she gasped, in a choking voice. "My lady!" "At what hour last evening did you see your mother?"
Dugald's and Lord Vincent's presence was withdrawn from her sphere, she was enabled to think clearly and decide firmly. Now that the viscount no longer stood before her, exercising his diabolical powers of duplicity upon her judgment, she no longer believed his protestations of ignorance in regard to Katie's fate. On the contrary, she felt convinced that he knew all about it.
"Hush!" replied a softer voice than Dugald's; as soft, indeed, as Eleanor's, yet clearly different. "Who is zat?" he gasped. "Eva Gallosh!" said the silken voice. "Oh, is that you?" "Yes yes it is me." "And are you really a Baron and an ambassador?" "Oh yes yes certainly I am." "Then then I've come to help you to escape! I've bribed Dugald and I've got a dog-cart here.
"We have no need to be afraid of Sir Dugald's Vandalism, if we have no fear of ourselves, and, considering, as you so very justly observed, that it is quite impossible for us to be silly, and vain, and presuming toward each other. I think we must be quite safe. I believe you said it would be impossible, Theodora?"
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