Now, on the contrary, she was farther from it than ever.
At last he got the clew. One afternoon he met Mr. Wyman coming out of the villa. Mr. Wyman was the consulting surgeon of that part.
“What! anybody ill?” said Mr. Lusignan. “One of the servants?”
“No; it is Miss Lusignan.”
“Why, what is the matter with her?”
Wyman hesitated. “Oh, nothing very alarming. Would you mind asking her?”
“Why?”
“The fact is, she requested me not to tell you: made me promise.”
“And I insist upon your telling me.”
“And I think you are quite right, sir, as her father. Well, she is troubled with a little spitting of blood.”