chapter 1 a strange Adventure this is the story of a crime committed against a woman I Walter Hartwright drawing teacher have asked several people to contribute narratives each narrator will describe what he saw with his own eyes so that the narrative will be as truthful as possible and the evidence will be presented as in a court of law L Walter harri's narrative one evening in July 1849 I went to see my mother and sister at their house on Hamstead Heath My Italian Friend Pesco was there and he had good news for me he had found
me a job in Cumberland in the north of England four months teaching drawing to the nieces of Mr Frederick Fairley of limeridge house on the evening before I left for Cumberland I went to say goodbye to my mother and sister it was past midnight when I left their house to walk home to my apartment in London as I stood at the crossroads I felt someone suddenly touch my arm I turned around quickly in fear and surprise there behind me stood a woman dressed completely complely in white is this the road to London she asked she
was young and thin with a pale worried face after a pause I replied yes sorry for not answering you before I was surprised to see you the road was empty just a moment ago she indicated a tree nearby I hid behind that tree to see what kind of man you were don't worry I've done nothing wrong but there's been an accident will you help me certainly I need to go to London I have a friend there could you help me to get a carriage as we walked together down the London Road looking for a carriage
she said do you know any Aristocrats ye some I replied surprised by her strange question why do you ask because I hope that there's one you don't know one who lives in Hampshire what's his name I can't say his name it upsets me too much tell me the names of the aristocrats you know I named three gentlemen in whose houses I had taught drawing you don't know him she cried with relief has this gentleman treated you badly is he he the reason you're here alone at this hour I can't talk about it she said we
left the heath and entered an area of houses after a while she asked me if I lived in London yes but tomorrow I'm going to Cumberland for 4 months Cumberland she cried I was happy there once in a village called limmeridge A lady called Mrs Fairley was kind to me but now she and her husband are both dead I looked at her in Surprise and was about to ask her more but just then I saw a carriage I stopped it and asked the driver to take the young woman into London she got into the carriage
then turned to me and kissed my hand thank you she said then the carriage drove off and the woman in white was gone I walked on thinking about this strange Adventure as I passed a policeman I heard a carriage on the road behind me the carriage stopped and the driver spoke to the policeman have you seen a woman dressed in white no sir the man gave the policeman a piece of paper if you see her stop her and take her to this address why asked the policeman what she done she's escaped from my Asylum the
man replied and he drove off late the next evening I arrived at limmeridge house Mr Fairley and his nieces were already in bed a servant gave me dinner and showed me to my room the next morning I went down to breakfast at 9: the dining room room was long with Windows overlooking the sea a lady was standing by a window at the far end of the room looking out she was tall and had a beautiful figure she turned and walked gracefully towards me what will her face be like I asked myself as she got nearer
first I noticed that she was dark then that she was young and finally to my great surprise that she was rather ugly she had a large strong masculine jaw her expression was honest and intelligent but it had none of the gentleness that is the greatest charm of a woman Mr hartright she asked shaking my hand i'm Maran halcom one of your new students I hope you won't be bored here you'll have no men to talk to Mr Fairley never leaves his room he's an invalid or so he thinks this morning I'll be your only company
for breakfast since my sister Laura is in her room with a headache your life here will be very quiet I hope you aren't the kind of person who's unhappy without Adventures oh no I replied I like a quiet life and recently I had such an adventure that I don't want another one for years as we ate breakfast side by side like two old friends I told miss halcom about the woman in white she listened with interest and looked surprised when I told her the part about Mrs Fairley when I had finished she said Mrs Fairley
was my mother she was married twice once to my father who was a poor man and then to Mr Philip Fairley who was rich My Sister Laura is the daughter of her second marriage my mother died then Mr Fairley died his brother frederck Fairley is Laura's Guardian Laura and I are very different she's blonde and I'm dark she's beautiful and I'm ugly she's rich and I'm poor but even so we love each other very much when my mother came here she started a school in the village this woman in white was probably a student there
I wonder who she was after breakfast I went to see Mr Frederick Fairley in his room he was a weak lazy hypochondriac who considered himself a man of artistic Sensibility I left his room with a feeling of relief and spent the morning looking forward to my meeting with Miss Laura Fairley that afternoon I went for a walk with Miss halcom in the garden we met her sister Miss Fairley she was a fair delicate girl in a simple white dress she looked at me with kind honest and innocent blue eyes she was the most beautiful woman
I had ever seen and yet there seemed to be something missing I did not know what Laura said miss halcom you have your drawing book with you you see Mr hartright she's the perfect student she can't wait to begin her studies no I'm afraid to begin said Laura gently I know my drawings aren't good and I'm afraid to show them to you well said Miss halcom I'm sure that Mr Hartwright will pay us compliments even if our drawings are horrible I hope he won't pay me any compliments said Miss Fairley why not I asked because
I'll believe everything you say to me she answered simply I a humble drawing teacher with no money fell in love with the rich and beautiful miss Laura Fairley as soon as I saw her that evening after dinner Miss Fairley went outside to walk in the garden I started to follow her but then miss halcom called me and I returned to the drawing room Miss halcom was holding a letter Beyond her through the window I could see Miss Fairley Walking In The Moonlight after the story you told me this morning I've been reading my mother's old
letters said Miss halcom she wrote this to her second husband Mr Philip Fairley when he was in London on business listen there is a new student at the Village School a little girl called an catrick she has come to limmeridge from Hampshire with her mother for a few weeks her mother mother is a respectable woman but there is something mysterious about her as Miss halcom read I watched Miss Fairley walking in the garden I like little Anne a lot I noticed that she was slow in her studies so I asked the doctor to examine her
he says that she'll get better her clothes were old so I gave her some of Laura's white dresses I told her that blonde girls look nice and white she kissed my hand and said I'll always wear white it'll help me to remember how kind you've been to me poor little soul Miss halcom looked up from the letter the woman in white must be an cck she said just then miss Fairley passed by the window again her white dress Shone in the Moonlight my heart beat fast listen to the last sentences of the letter said miss
halcom the other reason I like an is that she looks very much like Laura she isn't as pretty but her hair eyes and figure are exactly like Laura's I stood up quickly feeling the same sudden fear I had felt when that hand touched my my arm at the lonely Crossroads there stood Miss Fairley alone outside in the Moonlight looking exactly like the woman in white I suddenly realized that the something missing was this my realization of the disturbing similarity between the fugitive from the Asylum and my student at limmeridge house chapter 2 the Aristocrat from
Hampshire 2 Walter harri's narrative continued the days and weeks at limeridge house passed so quickly what a happy time that was I spent every day in the company of two excellent ladies Maran halcom became my good friend and Laura Fairley was my secret love the touch of her fingers or the sweet smell of her hair made my heart beat fast a drawing teacher must spend his life in the company of beautiful women who can never be his I had always known this and I had never before felt anything more than a teacher's interest in my
students but with Laura it was different one day when I had been at limmeridge for 3 months Miss halcom asked me to walk with her in the garden I know your secret she said you're in love with my sister I don't blame you I feel sorry for you because your love is hopeless I know you haven't told Laura that you love her you've behaved honorably take my hand what I'm about to say will hurt you but it must be done her sudden kindness and sympathy was too much for me my eyes filled with tears you
must leave limmeridge at once she said it's not because you're only a drawing teacher but because Laura is already engaged to be married her future husband is coming to stay next Monday she's never loved him he was chosen by her father just before he died until you came here Laura was like hundreds of other women who marry without being attracted to their husbands they learn to love them if they don't learn to hate them after they're married tell Mr Fairley that your sister's ill and that you must return to London go before sir peral Glide
arrives sir peral Glide yes Laura's future husband he has a large property in Hampshire Hampshire I cried an Krick spoke to me of an aristocrat from Hampshire who'd caused her suffering but it can't be the same man I must be going mad ever since I saw the similarity between Miss Fairley and the woman in white I've connected them in my mind the Lord knows I don't want to do so I don't want that sad woman to be connected in any way with Miss Fairley will you please ask sir pel Glide if he knows an cck
Miss halcom looked surprised I've never heard anything bad about Sir peral she said but yes I'll ask our lawyer Mr Gilmore to ask sir peral about it the next day I returned to London my narrative ends here at the end of the happiest period in my life three Vincent Gilmore's narrative I Vincent Gilmore am Laura fairley's lawyer I arrived at limmeridge house on the 2nd of November I had dinner with Miss halcom Miss Fairley and Mr hartright their drawing teacher they all seemed sad the next morning Mr hartright left for London after lunch Miss halcom
told me about Mr harri's Adventure on Hamstead Heath and her mother's letter describing an cck she explained Mr harri's concern that sir percal Glide might be the Aristocrat the woman in white had talked about she also showed me an anonymous letter that her sister had received that morning Dear Miss Fairley I hear that you are going to marry sir perel Glide do not do it he is an evil man please believe me your mother was very kind to me so you and your happiness are important to me I made a copy of the letter and
sent it to Sir peral's lawyer asking for an explanation on Monday sir percal arrived at limeridge house he is a Charming Man of about 45 years old he treated Miss halcom like an old friend was polite and friendly to me and treated Miss Fairley with tenderness and respect he was obvious ly concerned about her pale face and sad expression Miss Fairley seemed to be uncomfortable in his company and left us soon after dinner sir perel then turned to miss halcom and said my lawyer sent me the copy of that letter I'm not surprised that it
made you worry but I can explain everything his manner was open and honest he told us that Mrs cck Anne's mother had been a servant in his family for many years before leaving to get married years later sir percel heard that her husband had abandoned her and her daughter was mentally Disturbed he wanted to do something to help the poor woman Mrs cck told him that she wanted to put Anne in a private Asylum but she did not have enough money sir peral offered to pay years later when Anne discovered this she considered him responsible
and developed a passionate hatred for him this explanation seemed satisfactory to me but miss halcom still looked concerned please miss halcom said sir perel write to Mrs cck and ask her to confirm my explanation Miss halcom wrote a brief letter sir peral wrote the address on the envelope and a servant posted it 2 days later miss halcom received a reply Madam my daughter was put into a private Asylum with my knowledge and approval sir peral Glide very kindly paid for the Asylum and I thank him for that yours truly Jane cck Anne's mother on my
last day at liage house I talked to Miss Fairley explaining the details of her father's will next march on your 21st birthday you'll inherit 30,000 if you die before your aunt Eleanor Madam fosco she'll inherit £10,000 of that money you must now write a will saying who you wish to leave the other 20,000 to when you die can I leave it to Mary asked Miss Fairley all of it is there no one else you wish to include in your will yes there is someone she said in a trembling voice and she burst into tears don't
cry my dear I said we'll discuss the details another time when you're feeling better I returned to London and wrote Laura fairley's marriage settlement her father had been my good friend and his daughter was like a daughter to me I wanted to make the best marriage settlement I could in order to protect her interests if Laura fairly dies I wrote the £20,000 will be left according to her will that evening I sent the settlement to Sir peral's lawyer the next day it was returned to me in the margin by my statement about the 20,000 the
lawyer had written no if Laura fairly dies sir peral will inherit the 20,000 I knew that sir percal had many debts this worried me so I wrote to Mr Frederick fairly and explained the situation I told him not to sign the settlement unless the part about the £2,000 remain as I had first written it the next day I received his reply my dear Gilmore I am too ill to argue with sir peral please agree to whatever changes he wants to make in the marriage settlement Yours Truly Frederick Fairley this letter made me very angry the
man was too lazy to look after the interests of his own niece I went to limmer the next day and told him that no one should sign a marriage settlement like this it gave the husband a large financial interest in the death of his wife but Mr Fairley did not want to listen he closed his eyes and asked me to leave him in peace chapter 3 Blackwater Park four Maran Hal's narrative extracts from her diary limmeridge house house Cumberland a November the date of the wedding is the 22nd of December of this year the married
couple will go to Italy for the winter months when they return with sir peral's friend count fosco and his wife Laura's Aunt elanar will go to Ive with them in Hampshire Laura asked sir peral if I could and he very kindly agre agreed sir peral has noticed that Laura seems unhappy in his company this morning he spoke to me and this afternoon I told Laura what he had said he was very generous he said that if you want to break your engagement you can I can never break my engagement said Laura it was my father's
dying wish that I marry sir peral but I can tell him that I love someone else then perhaps he'll break the engagement himself suddenly she seemed the stronger sister she would not change her mind after dinner Laura explained to Sir perel that she loved someone else she told him he was free to break the engagement after what you've just said I want to marry you more than ever said sir peral you've been so honest that I value you even more than I did before Laura's eyes filled with tears if you insist on our marriage I'll
be your faithful wife she said but I'll never love you I'll be satisfied with that he said gently and left the room after he had gone Laura gave me a book of drawing that Mr hartright had given her Maran you must keep it now she said if I die please tell Walter that I loved him then she put her head on my shoulder and burst into tears sir perel is a goodlooking charming and friendly man his actions towards an cck and her mother have been generous I cannot even blame him for not breaking his engagement
this evening sir peral is certainly an admirable man and yet in three words I hate him 28th November our dear friend Walter has gone to Central America he wrote to me asking me to use my contacts to find him a job in a distant country I knew of a scientific expedition to Honduras they needed someone to draw the plants and animals they found there I recommended Walter and now he has gone 20er December they are married my dear sister has gone I am crying so much I cannot write anymore 6 months later Blackwater Park Hamshire
15th June 1850 six lonely months have passed and I am with dear Laura once more but we now live at Blackwater Park sir peral's house in Hampshire it is a big old house surrounded by trees I find it dark and depressing I arrived here a few days ago sir peral Laura count fosco and Madame fosco arrived yesterday Laura has changed in the last 6 months I noticed it in her letters and now I see it in her face that honest open look has gone there are things now that she will not discuss with me her
husband her married life but before we kept no secrets from each other sir peral has changed too at limage he was always friendly but when he saw me yesterday he was cold his manner towards Laura has changed he does not look at her with tender interest anymore Madame fosco is different from the Elanor Fairley I once knew Elanor Fairley was an irritating woman who talked too much and wore expensive clothes now she dresses very simply and sits silently rolling cigarettes for her husband and her husband what can I say of count fosco he has certainly
tamed his wife and he looks like a man who could tame a tiger he interests and attracts me he forces me to like him he is enormously fat and his face looks like Napoleon's he has intelligent gray eyes when I look into them I feel things that I do not want to feel he speaks English fluently with no accent he tells me that he left Italy a long time ago for political reasons the count has been sir peral's friend for years they first met in Rome peral was attacked by thieves and count fosco saved his
life the Count's influence over peral is much stronger than Laura's I have never before met a man like count fosco I am very glad he is not my enemy but is this because I like him or because I am afraid of him 16th of June this morning sir peral's lawyer came to see him as I was walking to my room I heard them talking don't worry said the lawyer if your wife signs the document everything will be all right if not of course she'll sign the document said sir peral angrily I went to Laura's room
and told her what I had heard I know that percal has debts she said but I won't sign anything without reading it first after lunch sir peral said will you sign this Laura it's just a formality Miss halcom and count fosco will you be our Witnesses he folded the document and placed it on the desk with his hand resting on the folded part the only part of the document that was visible was the line for her signature and the lines for the signatures of the two witnesses sign your name here he said what is the
document about asked Laura I've no time to explain said sir peral a carriage is waiting for me outside I have to to go away on urgent business come on sign it I can't sign it unless I've read it Mr Gilmore always asked me to read documents before I signed them Gilmore was your servant I'm your husband don't you trust me cried sir peral angrily it's not fair to say I don't trust you said Laura ask Marian if she thinks I should read the document first it's none of Miss Hal's business said sir peral excuse me
I said but as a witness to the signature it is my business Laura's objection seems to be fair to me I can't be a witness unless Laura understands what she's signing what disrespect cried sir perel you're just a guest in this house I wanted to hit him but I was only a woman and I loved his wife so dearly peral said the count remember you are in the company of ladies they looked at each other and Sir perel was the first to look away those cool gray eyes had tamed him I don't want to offend
anybody he said just sign the document will you I'll happily sign when I know what's in it said Laura I'll make any sacrifice so long as it's honest I simply think it's wrong to sign a document I haven't read who said anything about sacrifice cried sir peral Furious again and it's strange to hear you talk of right and wrong a woman who had a passion for her drawing teacher Laura looked at him coldly then turned her back on him when I left my chair to go to her I heard the count whisper to sir peral
you idiot Laura walked towards the door and I followed her one moment said the count Laura continued walking but I whispered to her stop don't make an enemy of the count we stopped and waited peral said the count can it be signed tomorrow yes I suppose it can then let's wait until tomorrow all right said sir percal he left the room went straight to his carriage and drove away chapter 4 a note by the lake five Maran Hal's narrative continued later on that afternoon I went for a walk with Laura I can tell you everything
now Maran she said after what peral said to me this morning I don't feel any obligation to him at first just after we were married I tried not to think of Walter I tried to be a good wife but persal was so cruel one day in Rome A lady called Mrs Markland came came to visit us she started talking about drawing I tried to change the subject but she went on she said that her favorite drawing teacher was Mr hartright I looked away from her and saw my husband looking at me closely I suppose my
face gave away my secret later when we were alone he told me he had only married me for my money after that I thought about Walter often especially on the nights when peral left me alone and went to parties with the people from the opera house I remembered my conversation with Walter that day in the garden with horror I had placed myself between those two young lovers it was all my fault now Walter is thousands of miles away in a foreign country his heart is broken and so is Laura's I did this and I did
it for sir peral Glide 18th of June sir peral returned yesterday just before lunch the count took him for a walk in the garden later the count came to me and said Miss halcom sir peral has changed his mind he won't ask lady Glide to sign anything today I told Laura the good news then she went for a walk alone by the lake and I went to my room an hour later she came to my room looking agitated Maran she said I just met an catrick by the lake she looked ill and talk to me
strangely Marian she looks like a paler thinner version of myself she says that she's dying she spoke of how kind mother had been to her her and said that she wanted to die and be buried beside mother then she spoke of Perl how she hates him she said that her mother had told her a secret peral's secret and when he discovered that an knew it he put her in the Asylum then she suddenly stopped speaking and listened did you hear anything she asked me I'd heard nothing then she said someone is nearby it's not safe
to talk meet me here again tomorrow at the same time and she ran away after lunch today Laura went down to the lake alone again she waited in the same place after some time she noticed that someone had written the word look on the ground with a stick she dug in the earth under the word and found a piece of paper on it an cck had written this I was seen with you yesterday by a fat old man when I ran away he followed me but I ran faster than he could I am afraid to
come back this afternoon so I am leaving you this note at 6:00 in the morning when we speak of your husband's secret we must be in a safe place where no one can hear us a c as floraa was reading Anne's note she heard footsteps behind her there was Sir peral looking Furious what did an cck tell you he cried it's no use lying to me I know you spoke to her yesterday Laura told him everything but he did not believe her he was certain that she knew the secret he held her arm so tightly
that he left dark bruises on her white skin she showed then to me later and that made me want to kill him he took her back to the house and shut her in her room you'll stay there until you tell the truth he cried when I went to see her I found the room was locked Laura told me what had happened through the door I went to the drawing room there sir percel the count and Madame fosco were speaking quietly I walked up to percal and said you can't keep your wife as a prisoner in
her own house there are laws in England to protect women from cruelty and Injustice I'll lock you up too if you threaten me he replied I felt the Count's cool gray eyes on my face then he turned from me and nodded to his wife she came to my side and said sir peral I'm must leave I can't stay in a house where women are treated like this sir peral looked shocked the count took his wife's arm and said she is simply wonderful I'm at your service elener and at Miss Hal's service too damn it what
do you mean cried sir peral I mean I agree with my wife all right do what you want said sir percel and he left the room we've won said the count lady Glide will be released from her room then turning to me he added let me express my sincere admiration for your courage I went to Laura's room and found the door unlocked Laura dear I said the count persuaded percal to unlock your door don't speak of the count cried Laura the count is a spy just then there was a knock at the door I opened
it and found Madame fosco there holding my handkerchief you dropped this downstairs she said her face was pale her hand was trembling and her eyes looked at Laura with hatred I realized that she was listening at the door a moment ago when she was gone I said oh Laura you shouldn't have called the count a spy when I left Laura's room and went downstairs I saw Madame fosco alone in the drawing room she had never liked Laura Laura's father her brother had been angry with her for marrying an Italian she had no money of her
own and had to rely on her brother's generosity but he wasn't generous and then instead of leaving £10,000 to his sister directly he left the money to Laura Madame fosco would only inherit the money if Laura died before she did however since Madame fosco was 43 and Laura was 21 that was unlikely because of this Madame fosco had always dis liked Laura now she had a new reason to dislike her Countess I began I'm afraid that when you so kindly brought my handkerchief to me you probably heard Laura say something very offensive I hope you
didn't tell the count there are no secrets between my husband and me she said he saw that I was upset and I told him why I hope that you and the count will understand that Laura wasn't herself when she spoke those words I hope you can both forgive her certainly said the Count's voice behind me I've already forgiven lady Glide you're very kind I replied let's forget about it he said then he took my hand and put it to his lips I tried to hide my disgust behind a false smile chapter 5 a death six
Marian Hal's narrative continued 20th of June Laura and I have no father or brother to protect us our dearest friend Walter is in Central America where no letter can reach him Mr Gilmore is ill and is staying with relatives in Germany our uncle Frederick Fairley is a lazy hypochondriac but he is also our only hope this afternoon I wrote him a letter asking if we could return to limmeridge house after dinner peral said to the count I want to talk to you in private the count replied later when the ladies are asleep I said that
I had a headache and went up to my room earlier than usual I thought to myself I must hear their conversation I took off my dress and put on a simple cloak I climbed out of the window and moved along a narrow ledge to the library roof where I sat down there I could hear the voices of sir peral and the count through the open windows peral we are now at a financial crisis said the count I owe hundreds of pounds you owe thousands we must find the money to pay those debts recently you've acted
very foolishly can't you see that Miss halcom has more intelligence than most men she is a noble creature full of strength and courage and she'll use it all to protect that foolish little wife of yours now explain to me about your wife's money sir peral said it's very simple while my wife lives I get £3,000 a year but that's not enough to pay my debts and if she dies asked the count if she dies without children I'll get 20,000 ah said the count the rain has come at last he was right up on the roof
I was getting wet but I had to hear their conversation to the end do you love your wife peral asked the count what a question if she dies you get 20,000 yes and your wife gets £10,000 cried sir peral don't forget that anyway the money isn't my only problem I have a secret don't tell me the secret just tell me who knows it my wife knows it and a drawing teacher called Walter Hartwright knows it I know that hartright left the country he's in love with my wife and she loves him too anyway the important
thing is that they know the secret an catrick knows it and she hates me I'm sure she told them I've tried to find her but I can't what does she look like asked the count I saw a woman by the lake but I only saw her from behind she looks like my wife she's not as pretty and she's very ill but still she looks very similar really said the count in surprise he then smiled to himself and laughed don't worry peral you'll pay your debts and you'll find an cck I promise good night Up on
the Roof I was cold and wet I moved slowly along the ledge to my bedroom window and climbed back in I changed into dry clothes lit a candle and wrote down the conversation but now I am ill I have a fever I cannot get ill now when Laura needs me more than ever note here the diary becomes impossible to read on the next page another entry appears but it is in a man's handwriting postcript by a sincere friend the illness of the excellent Miss halcom has given me the opportunity to read this interesting diary there
are hundreds of pages here and I have read them all with pleasure I admire Marian greatly her intellect graceful style and courage the description of my own character is brilliant I'm sorry that our interests are opposed and even though they are opposed and even though I will be victorious I want Miss halcom to know how much much I admire her diary and that nothing in it contributed to my victory and her failure fosco 7 Eliza Michaelson's narrative I am the housekeeper at Blackwater Park and I took care of Miss halcom when she was Ill during
that time lady Glide was so worried about her sister that she herself became ill and stayed in her room one day sir percal called me into his study and said I plan to leave Blackwater Park as soon as Miss halcom and my wife are well enough they'll go to stay with their uncle in Cumberland count fosco and the Countess will soon go to their new house in London and I'll go to Paris send away all the servants tomorrow you'll stay to manage the house while I'm away the count spent his days by the lake I
have no idea why the next day when the count returned from the lake I heard sir peral ask him did you find her the count did not reply but he smiled the next day was my day off when I returned sir peral told me that count fosco and the Countess had left for London I then went to Lady Glide room to see how she was she was still weak and depressed and she asked me to take her to her sister's room as we walked along the corridor sir peral came up the stairs and said she's
not there she went to London with count fosco and the Countess then she'll go to your uncle in Cumberland that's impossible cried lady Glide she didn't tell me she was going or say goodbye I must go to her immediately you must wait till tomorrow said sir peral I'll write to fosco he'll meet you at the station and take you to his house lady Glide began to shake I don't want to sleep in London she said you must the journey from here to Cumberland is too long to do in one day lady Glide was ready to
leave the next morning I took her to the station when we got there she suddenly seemed frightened I don't want to go alone she said you've been very kind to my sister and me thank you she looked so lonely as she said those words that my eyes filled with tears goodbye my lady I called as the train moved off when I returned to Blackwater Park sir persal said to me go and see if Miss halcom is all right she's in the guest room on the second floor Miss halcom I cried yes said sir perel I
had to lie to Lady Glide you heard the doctor say that she needed fresh air the only way to make her go go to Cumberland was to tell her that her sister had already gone it was done with the best of intentions sir peral I said firmly I can't work here anymore I'll stay until Miss halcom is well enough to leave but then I must go that night Sir peral left Blackwater Park I never saw him again and I hope I never will eight The Cook's narrative I am the cook at count fosco house in
London when the count and Countess arrived from the countryside they brought a guest with them the countess's niece lady Glide she was a pretty blonde lady with blue eyes but she looked very weak the day she arrived she became very ill Dr goodrick examined her and said this is is a serious case of heart disease lady Glide won't live much longer the next day she died Dr goodrick registered the death and my mistress made all the arrangements for the funeral the dead lady's husband was out of the country so my mistress arranged for the lady
to be buried in her hometown in Cumberland in the same grave as her mother in conclusion I'll answer two questions that Mr hartright asked me one I never saw count fosco give lady Glide any medicine two he was never alone in the room with her nine the doctor's narrative I certify that lady Glide age 21 died on 25th July 1850 at Five Forest Road London the cause of death was heart disease signed Dr Alfred goodrick 10 the gravestones narrative here lies Laura lady Glide wife of Sir peral Glide born 27th of March 1829 Married 2
tuned December 1849 died 25 July 1850
