On the bed lay stretched a gray mass, but only the ruddy chignon was distinguishable and a pale blotch which might be the face.

Lucy added: "I never saw her since that time at the Gaite, when she was at the end of the grotto." At this Rose awoke from her stupor and smiled as she said: "Ah, she's changed; she's changed." Then she once more lapsed into contemplation and neither moved nor spoke.

Perhaps they would be able to look at her presently! And with that the three women joined the others in front of the fireplace.
Simonne and Clarisse were discussing the dead woman's diamonds in low tones.

Well, did they really exist--those diamonds?
Nobody had seen them; it must be a bit of humbug.

But Lea de Horn knew someone who knew all about them.