I joined Laura at the foot of the stairs. The thought in her mind was the same as the thought in mine, which Count Fosco had surprised, and when she spoke her words were almost the echo of his. She, too, said to me secretly that she was afraid something had happened.

June 16th

.⁠—I have a few lines more to add to this day’s entry before I go to bed tonight.

About two hours after Sir Percival rose from the luncheon-table to receive his solicitor,

Mr.