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           Herefusedtoallowhertodothis,sayingthathecouldquiteeasilybehisowndoctorinsuchatriflingmatterasacold.Somehotlemonadewasmadeathisrequest,withaviewtoproducingperspiration.LadyMontbarry’smaidhavingleftheratthattime,thecourierFerrari(thentheonlyservantinthehouse)wentouttobuythelemons.Herladyshipmadethedrinkwithherownhands.Itwassuccessfulinproducingperspiration—andLordMontbarryhadsomehoursofsleepafterwards.Laterintheday,havingneedofFerrari’sservices,LadyMontbarryrangforhim.Thebellwasnotanswered.BaronRivarsearchedfortheman,inthepalaceandoutofit,invain.FromthattimeforthnotatraceofFerraricouldbediscovered.ThishappenedonNovember14.

           ’Onthenightofthe14th,thefeverishsymptomsaccompanyinghislordship’scoldreturned.TheywereinpartperhapsattributabletotheannoyanceandalarmcausedbyFerrari’smysteriousdisappearance.Ithadbeenimpossibletoconcealthecircumstance,ashislordshiprangrepeatedlyforthecourier;insistingthatthemanshouldrelieveLadyMontbarryandtheBaronbytakingtheirplacesduringthenightathisbedside.

           ’Onthe15th(thedayonwhichtheoldwomanfirstcametodothehousework),hislordshipcomplainedofsorethroat,andofafeelingofoppressiononthechest.Onthisday,andagainonthe16th,herladyshipandtheBaronentreatedhimtoseeadoctor.Hestillrefused."Idon’twantstrangefacesaboutme;mycoldwillrunitscourse,inspiteofthedoctor,"—thatwashisanswer.