There was a dagger hanging in the library of the Manor, and I saw it there four days before Christmas.

When I looked for it on Christmas Day it was gone." "Gone! Who took it ?" "Mrs.Vrain!" "Are you sure ?" "Yes, I am!" snapped Miss Tyler.

"I didn't see her take it, but it was there before she went, and it wasn't there on Christmas Day.

If Lydia did not take it, who did ?" "Count Ferruci, perhaps." "He wasn't there! No!" cried Bella, raising her head, "I'm sure Mrs.
Vrain stole it and killed her husband, and I don't care who hears me say so!" Diana and Lucian looked at one another in silence..