Montague's boudoir on the day they left for the South.
She ran lightly down to get them, and just as she reached the second hall
some one rang the bell a vigorous peal.
"That must be Ray," she said to herself, and stopped to listen for his
voice.
But as Mary opened the door, she heard a gentleman's tones inquiring for
Mrs. Montague.
"No," the girl said, "my mistress is not in."
"Then I will wait, for my errand is urgent," was the reply, and the
person stepped within the hall.
Mona did not see who it was, but she heard Mary usher him into the
parlor, after which she went to obey a summons from the cook, leaving
the caller alone.
Mona went on into Mrs. Montague's room to get her scissors, but she
could not find them readily. She was sure that she had left them on the
center-table, but thought that the woman had probably moved them since
her return.
Just then she thought she heard some one moving about in Mrs. Montague's
chamber adjoining, but the door was closed, and thinking it might be
Mary, she continued her search, but still without success.
She was just on the point of going into the other room to ask Mary if she
had seen them, when a slight sound attracted her attention, and looking
up, she caught the gleam of a pair of vindictive eyes peering in at her
from the hall, and the next moment the door was violently shut and the
key turned in the lock.
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