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'Do you mean to say that the candle doesn't burn the moth, when the moth flies into it? Lady Montbarry rejoined. 'Have you ever heard of such a thing as the fascination of terror? I am drawn to you by a fascination of terror. I have no right to visit you, I have no wish to visit you: you are my enemy. For the first time in my life, against my own will, I submit to my enemy. See!
A man who did not know that the Countess Narona had borrowed money at Homburg of no less a person than Lord Montbarry, and had then deluded him into making her a proposal of marriage, was a man who had probably never heard of Lord Montbarry himself.
I acknowledge to you, that I feel no dependence on M. de Montbarry, and I even wish, that my affairs could be arranged by you and M. de Maurepas. I know, sir, that I am asking for a proof of friendship which must give you some trouble, but I request it because I depend fully upon that friendship.
The courier's wife began to cry. 'I'm ashamed to tell you, Miss. For the first time, Agnes spoke sharply. 'Nonsense, Emily! Tell me the name directly or drop the subject whichever you like best. Emily made a last desperate effort. She wrung her handkerchief hard in her lap, and let off the name as if she had been letting off a loaded gun: 'Lord Montbarry! Agnes rose and looked at her.
Lady Montbarry sat with her back to the windows, as if even the subdued daylight were disagreeable to her. She had altered sadly for the worse in her personal appearance, since the memorable day when Doctor Wybrow had seen her in his consulting-room.
The day had advanced to evening. Lord Montbarry and the bridal party had gone to the Opera. Agnes alone, pleading the excuse of fatigue, remained at the hotel. Having kept up appearances by accompanying his friends to the theatre, Henry Westwick slipped away after the first act, and joined Agnes in the drawing-room.
But you know how I am situated you heard what Lord Montbarry said at dinner-time? 'Suppose he has altered his plans, since dinner-time? Henry suggested. Agnes looked surprised. 'I thought he had received letters from England which obliged him to leave Venice to-morrow, she said. 'Quite true, Henry admitted.
We will say, then, that Lord Montbarry has presumably been made the victim of a foul wrong that Mr. Ferrari was the first to find it out and that the guilty persons had reason to fear, not only that he would acquaint Lord Montbarry with his discovery, but that he would be a principal witness against them if the scandal was made public in a court of law. Now mark!
If a dog had been under one of the chairs, and had barked, Lady Montbarry could not have proceeded more impenetrably with the last words she had to say to Agnes. 'Advise your interesting Mrs. Ferrari to wait a little longer, she said. 'You will know what has become of her husband, and you will tell her. There will be nothing to alarm you.
The unfinished letter which she had been writing when Lady Montbarry interrupted her, lay open on the blotting-book. As she looked at the letter, and then looked at Henry, the smile that charmed everybody showed itself in her face. 'You must not go just yet, she said: 'I have something to tell you. I hardly know how to express it.
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