CHAPTER XIX.
THE DEFENCE OF COUNT FERRUCI "It is quite impossible!" cried Mrs.Vrain distractedly.

"I can't believe it nohow!" The little woman was back again in her own drawing-room, talking to Lucian about the discovery which had lately been made regarding Ferruci's purchase of the cloak.

Mrs.Vrain having proved her own innocence by the evidence of the Pegall family, was now trying to persuade both herself and Denzil that the Count could not be possibly implicated in the matter.

He had no motive to kill Vrain, she said, a statement with which Lucian at once disagreed.
"I beg your pardon, Mrs.Vrain, he had two motives," said the barrister quickly.

"In the first place, he was in love, and wished to marry you; in the second, he was poor, and wanted money.