“Count Furello is here, my dear. I thought I would tell you.”
The announcement was made in such a curious manner that I turned inquiringly to the Baroness. She gave just the suggestion of a shake of the head, and I barely caught the whisper, “Go, as soon as you can.”
Next moment the Count was shown in.
CHAPTER XIX
THE FAN
Count Furello came in with a bow, then, advancing, bent low over the Baroness’s hand.
“This is a surprise, Count,” she said, quite herself again. “We heard you were away from Buyda.”
“I have been travelling, and am here only till to-morrow. But I could not pass through without paying my respects to the Baroness Fornbach.”
When he spoke the tightly stretched lips drew away, leaving the abnormally white teeth bare. He was most polite, but not pretty.