Отель с привидениями

           Ferrari,callingthesameevening,informedAgnesthatherhusbandhadleftherwithallreasonableexpressionofconjugalkindness;histemperbeingimprovedbytheprospectofgoingabroad.Butoneotherservantaccompaniedthetravellers—LadyMontbarry’smaid,ratherasilent,unsociablewoman,sofarasEmilyhadheard.Herladyship’sbrother,BaronRivar,wasalreadyontheContinent.IthadbeenarrangedthathewastomeethissisterandherhusbandatRome.

           OnebyonethedullweekssucceededeachotherinthelifeofAgnes.Shefacedherpositionwithadmirablecourage,seeingherfriends,keepingherselfoccupiedinherleisurehourswithreadinganddrawing,leavingnomeansuntriedofdivertinghermindfromthemelancholyremembranceofthepast.Butshehadlovedtoofaithfully,shehadbeenwoundedtoodeeply,tofeelinanyadequatedegreetheinfluenceofthemoralremedieswhichsheemployed.Personswhometwithherintheordinaryrelationsoflife,deceivedbyheroutwardserenityofmanner,agreedthat’MissLockwoodseemedtobegettingoverherdisappointment.’ButanoldfriendandschoolcompanionwhohappenedtoseeherduringabriefvisittoLondon,wasinexpressiblydistressedbythechangethatshedetectedinAgnes.ThisladywasMrs.Westwick,thewifeofthatbrotherofLordMontbarrywhocamenexttohiminage,andwhowasdescribedinthe’Peerage’aspresumptiveheirtothetitle.Hewasthenaway,lookingafterhisinterestsinsomeminingpropertywhichhepossessedinAmerica.Mrs.WestwickinsistedontakingAgnesbackwithhertoherhomeinIreland.