Maraquito loves Cuthbert and hates Juliet.

I daresay this is the solution of Mrs.Octagon's strange behavior since the death.

It is Maraquito who is stopping the marriage by threatening to denounce Mrs.Octagon for the murder of her aunt.

Juliet knows this, and hence her reticence." "It might be so," murmured Jennings, more and more perplexed.

"But Miss Saxon won't be reticent with me.