10/26 Call me by my name before I committed the fatal mistake of marrying your brother. Address me, if you please, as Countess Narona.' 'Countess Narona,' Francis resumed, 'if your object in claiming my acquaintance is to mystify me, you have come to the wrong man. Speak plainly, or permit me to wish you good evening.' 'If your object is to keep Miss Lockwood's arrival in Venice a secret,' she retorted, 'speak plainly, Mr.Westwick, on your side, and say so.' Her intention was evidently to irritate him; and she succeeded. 'My brother's travelling arrangements are secrets to nobody. He brings Miss Lockwood here, with Lady Montbarry and the children. |