But Signor Ferruci, a black-hearted villain"-- his face grew dark as he mentioned the name--"found me out and made me come with him to London.

He kept me there for months, and then he brought me here." "Kept you where, Mr.Vrain ?" asked Lucian gently.
The old man looked at him with a vacant eye.

"I don't know," he said in a dull voice.
"You came here from Bayswater," hinted Jorce.
"Yes, yes, Bayswater!" cried Vrain, growing excited.

"I was there with a woman they called my wife.

She was not my wife! My wife is fair, this woman was dark.