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"Mademoiselle Yvonne Ferad rented a furnished house at Hove, near Brighton, in June, 1918. Afterwards moved to Worthing and to Exeter, and later took a house in the Cromwell Road, London, in 1919. She was accompanied by an Italian manservant named Cataldi. Her conduct was suspicious, though she was undoubtedly possessed of considerable means.
There were rumours of banqueting which went on at Wanley; the Manor was spoken of by some who had not seen it as little less than a palace nay, it was declared by one or two of the shrewder tongued that a manservant in livery opened the door, a monstrous thing if true.
He'll be back from the Yard about half-past three, and would very much like to see you." "Do you know why he wants to see me?" "It appears, sir, that one of the witnesses who gave evidence this morning is missing." "Missing!" he cried, pricking up his ears. "Who's missing?" "The manservant, sir.
Later in the century, the matrona does not seem to have been so common, and many women went alone in their carriages, while on foot they were accompanied by a manservant in livery.
The manservant threw open a door. "I will tell my mistress you have come, sir," said he. "No, it would never do," cried Mitchelbourne. "You see I died at three o'clock this afternoon. I have merely come to leave my letters of presentation. So much I think a proper etiquette may allow. But it would never do for me to be paying visits upon ladies so soon after an affair of so deplorable a gravity.
The money had been expended in the purchase of a disreputable old canary bird, for which Noaks, the manservant, had agreed to find board and lodging during the Christmas vacation. Now, when the creditors reminded Mugford of his obligations, they found him totally unable to meet their demands for payment.
It was astonishing in the extreme, and you would not have expected it of her. Even as I focused my mind on this phenomenon the doorway was stealthily entered by a small man in a uniform that made him look something like an Eton schoolboy and something like a waiter in a dairy lunch. I was about to have the first illuminating experience with an English manservant.
'You said just now that he was last seen alive here, "so far as the servants were concerned". That meant ? 'He had a conversation with his wife on going to bed. But for that, the manservant, Martin by name, last saw him in this room. I had his story last night, and very glad he was to tell it. An affair like this is meat and drink to the servants of the house.
Was it possible that Bailey or his Italian manservant had unexpectedly returned! Those breathless moments seemed hours. Suddenly he heard a second challenge. The challenger used a fierce Italian oath, and by it he knew that it was Pietro. In reply, a shot rang out evidently from the sergeant's pistol, followed by another sharp report, and still another.
The inspector evidently suspected the young Englishman of having shot Mademoiselle, and the search was in order to try and discover the weapon. Meanwhile the brown-bearded officer called the Italian manservant, who gave his name as Giulio Cataldi, and who stated that he had been in Mademoiselle Ferad's service a little over five years. "Have you ever seen this Englishman before?"
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