She was convinced that Jeanne had had a hand in his disappearance from Villa Mayda, that she knew his hiding-place, and did not wish to disclose it, having promised secrecy to his friends.

But Jeanne had little confidence in the lady, who seemed to her frivolous, and who was--this she could not forget--the wife of a powerful enemy, and she had repeatedly assured her that she did not know.

Jeanne's want of confidence offended her a little because really she, Donna Rosetta, wife of an Excellency, was risking much; but after all her vanity was staked on this game, in which the winnings were the permanent freedom of the Saint of Jenne in Rome, and she was determined to go on with it.
A truly complicated affair then! In the meantime, up to Friday night the police had not discovered the Saint's place of refuge.

Ah, yes! they believed he was in Rome.

Here Donna Rosetta paused, hoping Jeanne would speak.