She says
that Kitty will not see her. She sent her a note by Blanche to ask her
to settle all the accounts, and told her that she should not say
good-bye--it would be too agitating for them both. In two days she
should hear. Meanwhile the maid Blanche is certainly going with Kitty;
and the gondola is ordered for the Milan train this evening.
"Two P.M. There is one thing that troubles me, and I must confess it. I
did not see that across Kitty's letter in the corner was written 'Tell
nobody about this letter.' And Polly Lyster happened to be with me
when it came. She has been
au courant of the whole affair for the last
fortnight--that is, as an on-looker. She and Kitty have only met once or
twice since Mary reached Venice; but in one way or another she has been
extraordinarily well informed. And, as I told you, she came to see me
directly I arrived and told me all she knew. You know her old friendship
for us, William? She has many weaknesses, and of late I have thought her
much changed, grown very hard and bitter. But she is always
veryloyal to you and me--and I could not help betraying my feeling when
Kitty's note reached me.
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