CHAPTER V

THE COUNT'S SECOND VISITOR Two days more passed without any change in the Count's conduct or health, save that his brow was a little darker, and he was heard occasionally muttering to himself. On the morning of the third, a taxi-cab deposited at the door of the hotel a young lady, who demanded somewhat haughtily to see the manager. She was shown into the waiting-room, and in a few minutes he appeared. He had been expecting a visit from an applicant for the post of assistant book-keeper, and he entered the room with…