Chapter 44

Fessenden glanced at Kitty. “What does she say, Marie?” he asked. “Nothing that I can understand, _m’sieu_; but always low cries of fear, and sometimes she murmurs, ‘I must go away! I cannot again answer those dreadful questions. I shall betray my secret.’ Over and over she mutters that.” Fessenden began to grow excited. Surely this was evidence, and Cicely’s departure seemed to emphasize it. Without another word he went in search of Miss Morton. “Did you know Miss Dupuy was going away?” he said abruptly to her. “Y…