and a with her apron thrown over her face and head stood in the who is it said the woman mr much amazed by this appearance replied that he was ham italy and that he wished to ask a question relative to the missing person whom he knew hi cried the woman a cracked voice upon this a dry old man appeared whom mr thought he identified by his as the rusty screw the woman was under of the dry old man for she her apron away as he and a pale face open the door fool said the old man and let the gentleman in mr not without a glance over his shoulder towards his driver and the walked into the dim hall now sir said mr j ou can iii iv yoa k are no here bit before a could be made h a i from above is it returned a italy bring him up here i l an if ho bat to mr said t h� l u like i ll you the he hen s r up staircase that not him on the road saw the woman her m over her head again in her former mrs had her open on r � said she as she eyed her visitor with n � tend look are from sir are you was at u loss fur any al moment ha � well where is missing man you rome to na tion where he is i hope you have � so far from it � hum � come to tion unfortunately for us i� none to be got the the liim u t� aw hold the for him to rt it did as be d and ur it as if he had not seen it enough of far opportunity of collecting his presence of mind the air af house and of the people in it had n while hi were on tlie paper he felt that the eyes of mr af mrs were on him he when he looked up lu sensation not a now you know as much said mrs a� m is mr s friend of yours no � a � hum � an mr tou have no on from bim perhaps i c not tlie searching look turned gradually to the floor after mi s face in its way mr l j that he the questioned instead of the applied m� � v to the of that unexpected order of things i am � � a gentleman of property at in my my servants ami � hum � my lor t if being in london for a short time on � ha � my estate and hearing of strange i la make myself d with the at hand there is � ha hum � an english gentleman in italy whom i shall no doubt sec on my return h ts been in of e and with mr yoa ni ver of it t ir � to � ha � make the narrative and to him said mi may i ask � say three questions if you choose h te you known long d mr flint here will refer to the and tell you when and by whom at paris he was introduced to us if that mrs added should be any satisfaction if it is poor tb lis � u f f mb � i e and m ir said mr with a ing fancy upon him as b d his that he in su i way in tbe of the pray i for the greater satisfaction of the gentleman wh m i have the honor ha � or or let ale s� t to� hum � know � to know � was here on business on the night indicated in this on what he called business returned is � ha e e is its nature to be communicated so � � � � it t pass the barrier of that reply the question has been asked before said mrs and the been no we don t choose to publish our to all the town we say no i mean he took no money with him for example said mr he to k away none of ours sir and got none here observed mr glancing from mrs to mr and from mr to mrs you have no way of to yourself for this mystery why do you suppose so rejoined mrs by the cold and mr was unable to any reason for his supposing so i account for it sir she pursued after an awkward silence on mr part by having no doubt that he is travelling somewhere er somewhere do you ha � why he should hide no it was exactly the same no as before and ut another barrier up you asked me if i accounted for the disappearance to myself mrs sternly reminded him not if i accounted for it to you i do not pretend to account for it to you sir i it to be no more my business to do that than it is yours to require that mr answered with an bend of his head as he stepped back preparatory to saying he had no more to ask he could not but observe now and she sat with her eyes fastened on the and a certain air upon her of resolute waiting also how exactly the self same expression was reflected in mr standing at a little distance from v x t i at i the ground his right hand mistress of tho thi dropped tu d sod urn good it is again if any at all it n ai su alight tbat ae bare fallen into a confirmed ut ur believed he did bear a c the ti leaves the woman s for a very seemed to the three and they mr was the first to stir he ut her witli bis ck i u i with 