Before we parted, we discussed what our next step was to be, but we could arrive at no result.

All we knew was that one earth box remained, and that the Count alone knew where it was.

If he chooses to lie hidden, he may baffle us for years.

And in the meantime, the thought is too horrible, I dare not think of it even now.

This I know, that if ever there was a woman who was all perfection, that one is my poor wronged darling.