Poor Lizzie had been wronged in that matter by the
countess, for the robbery had been quite genuine. The man had opened her
room and taken her box, and she had slept through it all. And then the
broken box had been found, and was in the hands of the police, and was
evidence of the fact.
"People seem to think it possible," said Lizzie, "that Mr. Camperdown the
lawyer arranged it all." As this suggestion was being made, Lady
Linlithgow came in, and then Lizzie repeated the whole story of the
robbery. Though the aunt and niece were open and declared enemies, the
present circumstances were so peculiar and full of interest that
conversation for a time almost amicable took place between them. "As the
diamonds were so valuable, I thought it right, Aunt Susanna, to come and
tell you myself."
"It's very good of you, but I'd heard it already. I was telling Miss
Morris yesterday what very odd things there are being said about it."
"Weren't you very much frightened?" asked Lucy.
"You see, my child, I knew nothing about it till it was all over. The man
cut the bit out of the door in the most beautiful way, without my ever
hearing the least sound of the saw.
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