"Ah, it is you," she said in a sort of subdued monotone. "I had forgotten about you."
"What has happened?" asked Ashton-Kirk.
The eyes of the servant woman once more returned to the candlestick, but she made no answer.
"I heard some one cry out," said the secret agent, his glance going about the room in its searching way.
Nanon nodded her head.
"Yes," she returned, "you heard some one cry out. It was I."
"What has occurred?"
Once more the stern old eyes sought his face; and she said:
"She has gone."
"Who has gone?"