Part 80 (1/2)
”Is Miss Despard in?”
The servant said nothing, but ran off Langhetti stood waiting in surprise; but in a short time the landlady came She had a troubled look, and did not even return his salutation
”Is Miss Despard in?”
”She is not here, Sir”
”Not here!”
”No, Sir I', too”
”A man here What for?”
”Why, to ask after her”
”And did he see her?”
”She wasn't here”
”Wasn't here! What do you ht I waited up for her till four”
”Didn't cohetti, as an awful fear came over him
”No, Sir”
”Do you mean to tell me that she didn't come home at her usual hour?”
”No, Sir--not at all; and as I was saying, I sat up nearly all night”
”Heavens!” cried Langhetti, in bewilder of this? But take me to her room Let me see with hetti followed anxiously The roo re loosely around The landlady said that she had touched nothing
Langhetti asked about theThe landlady could tell nothing about hientleman with dark hair, and very stern eyes that terrified her He seery or very terrible in sohetti The landlady did not know his naularly about Cigole, and some one else, or else the same person, was very ht be Despard
This, however, did not seem probable, as Despard would have written hi to town
Deeply perplexed, and alhetti left the house and drove hoht he would wait till evening, and perhaps she would appear He did thus wait, and in a fever of exciteain there was nothingthis he drove to the police-office It seemed to him now that she must have been foully dealt with in some way He could think of no one but Potts; yet how Potts could e it was a mystery That ht With that confidence in the police which is common to all Continentals he went and made known his troubles The officials at once pro evening
The next evening he went there The policeman was present who had been at the place when Pottsfuriously, the screaether with her final acquiescence in the will of her father