“I don’t know—perhaps.” [[128]]
Ralph summed up the results of the conversation so far.
“These then are your three enemies—for there aren’t any more, are there?”
“Yes. My step-father,” she said sadly,
“What? Your mother’s husband?”
“My poor mother is dead.”
“And are all these people persecuting you for the same reason—on account of the secret you know and they do not?” said Ralph thoughtfully.
“Yes; except Marescal, who knows nothing about the secret and is only trying to take vengeance.”
“Is it possible for you to give me any information, not about the secret itself, but about the circumstances connected with it?” he asked.
She thought for a few moments and then said: “Yes, I can. I can tell you what the others know, the reason of their fury against me.”