“And the visitor?”
“He was gone, sir. He had vanished.”
“What did you do then?”
“We raised up the count: we carried him up stairs and laid him on his bed. Then we brought mistress round again; and the valet went in haste to fetch Dr. Seignebos.”
“What said the countess when she recovered her consciousness?”
“Nothing. Mistress looked like a person who has been knocked in the head.”
“Was there any thing else?”
“Oh, yes, sir!”
“What?”
“The oldest of the young ladies, Miss Martha, was seized with terrible convulsions.”