On the note-paper, one line only was written. It was again
in a feigned handwriting, and it contained these words:

'To console you for the loss of your husband'

Agnes opened the enclosure next.

It was a Bank of England note for a thousand pounds.







CHAPTER VI


The next day, the friend and legal adviser of Agnes Lockwood,
Mr. Troy, called on her by appointment in the evening.

Mrs. Ferrari--still persisting in the conviction of her husband's death--
had sufficiently recovered to be present at the consultation.
Assisted by Agnes, she told the lawyer the little that was
known relating to Ferrari's disappearance, and then produced
the correspondence connected with that event. Mr. Troy read
(first) the three letters addressed by Ferrari to his wife;
(secondly) the letter written by Ferrari's courier-friend,
describing his visit to the palace and his interview with