CHAPTER I

MARGHARITA'S DIARY--A CORRESPONDENCE Letter from Count Leonardo di Marioni to Miss M. Briscoe, care of the Earl of St. Maurice, Mallory Grange, Lincolnshire. "HÔTEL DE PARIS, TURIN. "MY BELOVED NIECE,--Alas! I have but another disappointment to recount. I arrived here last night, and early this morning I visited the address which I obtained at Florence with so much difficulty. The house was shut up. From inquiries made with caution amongst the neighbours, I learned that Andrea Paschuli had left a few months bef…