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Updated: June 13, 2025
Her first natural sensations of surprise and excitement at the prospect of going to Venice were succeeded by impressions of a less agreeable kind. With the recovery of her customary composure came the unwelcome remembrance of the parting words spoken to her by Montbarry's widow: 'We shall meet again here in England, or there in Venice where my husband died and meet for the last time.
The Montbarrys remained at Paris, until it was time to present themselves at the family meeting in Venice. Henry found them still in the French capital, when he arrived from London on his way to the opening of the new hotel. Against Lady Montbarry's advice, he took the opportunity of renewing his addresses to Agnes.
He wrote at once to communicate his news to Agnes; adding, what he considered to be a valuable hint, in these words: 'You are intimately acquainted, I know, with Lady Barville, the late Lord Montbarry's eldest sister. The solicitors employed by her husband are also the solicitors to one of the two insurance offices.
It was with great reluctance that I added to Lady Montbarry's distress; but I felt bound, when she suggested a consultation with another physician, to own that I too thought there was really need for it. "Her ladyship instructed me to spare no expense, and to get the best medical opinion in Italy. The best opinion was happily within our reach.
Nothing to excite a suspicion of anything wrong has come to our knowledge. 'As to the departure of the lady's maid, we have seen the woman's receipt for her wages, in which it is expressly stated that she left Lady Montbarry's service because she disliked the Continent, and wished to get back to her own country. This is not an uncommon result of taking English servants to foreign parts.
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.
We are bound, therefore, to report, that there are no valid grounds for refusing the payment of the sum for which the late Lord Montbarry's life was assured. 'Now, my good creature, whatever you have to say to me, out with it at once! I don't want to hurry you needlessly; but these are business hours, and I have other people's affairs to attend to besides yours.
The English offices must have been founded by that celebrated saint and doubter, mentioned in the New Testament, whose name was Thomas!" 'Doctor Bruno's evidence ends here. 'Reverting for a moment to our inquiries addressed to Lady Montbarry, we have to report that she can give us no information on the subject of the letter which the doctor posted at Lord Montbarry's request.
My lord, it was said, disliked strangers. The experiments sometimes made a nasty smell. A doctor had latterly been called in to his lordship an Italian doctor, long resident in Venice. The doctor described Lord Montbarry's malady as bronchitis. So far, there was no reason to feel any anxiety, though the attack was a sharp one.
While the gentlemen were absent from the hotel, the room which had been already associated with so many startling circumstances, became the scene of another strange event in which Lady Montbarry's eldest child was concerned. As she knelt down to say her prayers, she happened to look up at that part of the ceiling above her which was just over the head of the bed.
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