From that hour, she was seen no more.' 'How! seen no more!' said Bertolini, 'was not her body found in the chamber ?' 'Were her remains never found ?' cried the rest of the company all together.
'Never!' replied Montoni.
'What reasons were there to suppose she destroyed herself, then ?' said Bertolini.--'Aye, what reasons ?' said Verezzi.--'How happened it, that her remains were never found?
Although she killed herself, she could not bury herself.' Montoni looked indignantly at Verezzi, who began to apologize.

'Your pardon, Signor,' said he: 'I did not consider, that the lady was your relative, when I spoke of her so lightly.' Montoni accepted the apology.
'But the Signor will oblige us with the reasons, which urged him to believe, that the lady committed suicide.' 'Those I will explain hereafter,' said Montoni: 'at present let me relate a most extraordinary circumstance.

This conversation goes no further, Signors.

Listen, then, to what I am going to say.' 'Listen!' said a voice.
They were all again silent, and the countenance of Montoni changed.
'This is no illusion of the fancy,' said Cavigni, at length breaking the profound silence.--'No,' said Bertolini; 'I heard it myself, now.

Yet here is no person in the room but ourselves!' 'This is very extraordinary,' said Montoni, suddenly rising.