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Chapter XIX

           

           ItwasnoteasytothrowFrancisoffhisbalance,butthatextraordinaryquestiondidit.’HowthedevildidyouknowthatMissLockwoodwascomingtoVenice?’heexclaimed.

           Shelaughed—abittermockinglaugh.’Say,Iguessedit!’

           Somethinginhertone,orperhapssomethingintheaudaciousdefianceofhereyesastheyrestedonhim,rousedthequicktemperthatwasinFrancisWestwick.’LadyMontbarry—!’hebegan.

           ’Stopthere!’sheinterposed.’YourbrotherStephen’swifecallsherselfLadyMontbarrynow.Isharemytitlewithnowoman.CallmebymynamebeforeIcommittedthefatalmistakeofmarryingyourbrother.Addressme,ifyouplease,asCountessNarona.’

           ’CountessNarona,’Francisresumed,’ifyourobjectinclaimingmyacquaintanceistomystifyme,youhavecometothewrongman.Speakplainly,orpermitmetowishyougoodevening.’

           ’IfyourobjectistokeepMissLockwood’sarrivalinVeniceasecret,’sheretorted,’speakplainly,Mr.Westwick,onyourside,andsayso.’

           Herintentionwasevidentlytoirritatehim;andshesucceeded.’Nonsense!’hebrokeoutpetulantly.’Mybrother’stravellingarrangementsaresecretstonobody.HebringsMissLockwoodhere,withLadyMontbarryandthechildren.Asyouseemsowellinformed,perhapsyouknowwhysheiscomingtoVenice?’

           TheCountesshadsuddenlybecomegraveandthoughtful.Shemadenoreply.Thetwostrangelyassociatedcompanions,havingreachedoneextremityofthesquare,werenowstandingbeforethechurchofSt.Mark.

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