Had they slain her with their own hands, they could not have looked more guilty; their faces frightened me." "Tell me precisely what answers were given to your questions," broke in he impatiently.
"Sabine had seemed so agitated all day, that her mother asked her if she was suffering any pain." "We know that already." "Indeed!" replied the Viscountess, with a look of surprise.

"It seems, cousin, that you saw Sabine that afternoon, but what became of her afterward no one appears to know; but there is positive proof that she did not leave the house, and received no letters.

At all events, it was more than an hour after her maid saw her enter her own room.

Sabine said a few unintelligible words to the girl, who, seeing the pallor upon her mistress's face, ran up to her.

Just as she did so, Sabine uttered a wild shriek, and fell to the ground.