“Ravorelli doesn't look like a murderer,” said Lord Bob, stoutly.
“But he remembers seeing me in that courtroom, Bob.”
IV. AND THE GIRL, TOO
“Now tell me all about our Italian friend,” said Quentin next morning to Lady Frances, who had not lost her frank Americanism when she married Lord Bob, The handsome face of the young prince had been in his thoughts the night before until sleep came, and then there were dreams in which the same face appeared vaguely sinister and foreboding. He had acted on the advice of Lord Bob and had said nothing of the Brazilian experiences.
“Prince Ugo? I supposed that every newspaper in New York had been devoting columns to him. He is to marry an American heiress, and some of the London journals say she is so rich that everybody else looks poor beside her.”
“Lucky dog, eh? Everybody admires him, too, it seems. Do you know him, Frances?”
“I've met him a number of times on the continent, but not often in London. He is seldom here, you know. Really, he is quite a charming fellow.”
“Yes,” laconically. “Are Italian princes as cheap as they used to be? Mary Carrolton got that nasty little one of hers for two hundred thousand, didn't she? This one looks as though he might come a little higher. He's good-looking enough.”
“Oh, Ugo is not like the Carrolton investment. You see, this one is vastly rich, and he's no end of a swell in sunny Italy. Really, the match is the best an American girl has made over here in—oh, in centuries, I may say.”