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"I noticed that she was dressed wholly in black," she remarked. "Perhaps she is in trouble because she has lost a relative lately?" "She appears to have no relatives in the world," Arnold declared, "except an uncle, and he, I am afraid, is a little worse than useless to her." Sabatini, who had been listening, leaned a little forward.
I will only tell you that he gave me a sum equivalent to a few hundred pounds, and bade me seek my fortune." Arnold was intensely interested. "Tell me how you started!" he begged. "A few hundred pounds were insufficient," Sabatini answered coolly, "and my uncle was a coward. I waited my opportunity, and although three times I was denied an audience, on the fourth I found him alone.
"I am not sure," Arnold protested, frankly, "whether you are not amusing yourself with me." "Then let me put that doubt to rest, once and for all," Sabatini replied. "It does not amuse me to trifle with the truth." "Why do you make me your confidant?" Arnold asked. "Because it is my intention to make a convert of you," Sabatini said calmly. Arnold shook his head.
Since then she has lived a sad life with him in London. His has been simply a hand-to-mouth existence." "But I do not understand why I was kept in ignorance," Sabatini declared. "Why did he not appeal to me for help? Why was my daughter's existence kept a secret from me?" "Because Isaac is half a fanatic and half a madman," Arnold replied.
Sabatini looked at her reproachfully. "One is always misunderstood," he murmured. "This morning, as a matter of fact, I have been occupied since daybreak." "Let us hear all about it," Lady Blennington demanded. "My energies have been directed into two channels," Sabatini announced. "I have been making preparations for a possible journey, and I have been trying to find a missing man."
"So this is where the money is coined, eh?" he remarked. "It is fortunate that I have discovered the place, for I need some." Arnold smiled. "We haven't had time to do much coining yet." "Supposing I want five hundred pounds, could I have it?" Sabatini asked. Arnold shook his head. "Certainly not," he replied, "unless you had cheeses to sell us for it, or bacon. Messrs.
Jarvis shook his head mournfully. "There is no news," he announced. "I am afraid, sir, that it will be a long time before we do hear any news. If your business is with Mr. Chetwode, Count Sabatini," he added, "I will ask you to excuse me. I have plenty to do in the warehouse.
He would have driven me out but I used the means which I have never known to fail. I left him with a small but sufficient fortune." Arnold looked at him with glowing eyes. "You forced him to give it you!" he exclaimed. "Without a doubt," Sabatini answered, coolly. "He was wealthy and he was my uncle. I was strong and he was weak. It was as necessary for me to live as for him.
"You know," she answered, simply. "You must know." His heart began to beat more quickly. He turned his head but she was looking away. He could see only the curve of her long eyelashes. It seemed to him strange then that he had never noticed the likeness to Sabatini before. Her mouth, her forehead, the carriage of her head, were all his. He leaned towards her.
"Is there any reason," Arnold asked, "why he should kill Mr. Rosario?" Sabatini studied his program earnestly. "Well," he admitted, "that is rather a difficult question to answer. Mr.
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