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Chapter XI
Henryspoketoherroughly.’Rouseyourself,’hesaid.’Youhavereceivedyouranswer.’
Shelookedroundathim.’IhavereceivedmySentence,’sherejoined—andturnedslowlytoleavetheroom.
ToHenry’sastonishment,Agnesstoppedher.’Waitamoment,LadyMontbarry.Ihavesomethingtoaskonmyside.YouhavespokenofFerrari.Iwishtospeakofhimtoo.’
LadyMontbarrybentherheadinsilence.Herhandtrembledasshetookoutherhandkerchief,andpasseditoverherforehead.Agnesdetectedthetrembling,andshrankbackastep.’Isthesubjectpainfultoyou?’sheaskedtimidly.
Stillsilent,LadyMontbarryinvitedherbyawaveofthehandtogoon.Henryapproached,attentivelywatchinghissister-in-law.Agneswenton.
’NotraceofFerrarihasbeendiscoveredinEngland,’shesaid.’Haveyouanynewsofhim?Andwillyoutellme(ifyouhaveheardanything),inmercytohiswife?’
LadyMontbarry’sthinlipssuddenlyrelaxedintotheirsadandcruelsmile.
’Whydoyouaskmeaboutthelostcourier?’shesaid.’Youwillknowwhathasbecomeofhim,MissLockwood,whenthetimeisripeforit.’
Agnesstarted.’Idon’tunderstandyou,’shesaid.’HowshallIknow?Willsomeonetellme?’
’Someonewilltellyou.’
Henrycouldkeepsilencenolonger.’Perhaps,yourladyshipmaybetheperson?’heinterruptedwithironicalpoliteness.
Sheansweredhimwithcontemptuousease.’Youmayberight,Mr.Westwick.Onedayoranother,ImaybethepersonwhotellsMissLockwoodwhathasbecomeofFerrari,if—’Shestopped;withhereyesfixedonAgnes.
