” I replied. “In the meantime say nothing to any one of what we have heard and seen.
“Why not?”
“Because silence is safe, and we have need of safety in this house.”
I sent Laura upstairs immediately, waited a minute to take off my hat and put my hair smooth, and then went at once to make my first investigations in the library, on pretence of searching for a book.
There sat the Count, filling out the largest easy-chair in the house,
” I replied. “In the meantime say nothing to any one of what we have heard and seen.
“Why not?”
“Because silence is safe, and we have need of safety in this house.”
I sent Laura upstairs immediately, waited a minute to take off my hat and put my hair smooth, and then went at once to make my first investigations in the library, on pretence of searching for a book.
There sat the Count, filling out the largest easy-chair in the house,
