Yours obediently,
Julian Roper.
[CHAPTER XV.]
MARCHESE MATTEO VASSALLA.
After reading Roper's letter, Ronald went to Foster's chambers and showed it to him. The barrister read it in silence, and then laying it down on the table, looked hard at Monteith.
"You see, I was right," he said, tapping the letter with his fingers; "Miss Cotoner is, as I thought, the sister of Mrs. Verschoyle."
"Yes," replied Ronald, quickly; "but she has nothing in common with her."
"Ah! you think not--let me see;" taking up the letter and glancing over it; "they both have tempers."
"Any woman would show temper, living with such a fiend as Mrs. Verschoyle," retorted Ronald, defending Carmela.
"They both loved the same man,--meaning Verschoyle."