‘They don’t know exactly. She was in the drawing-room at tea-time, and the drawing-room was empty when Black went round three-quarters of an hour after to lock up. He thought she had gone to her room. It was the gardener who brought in the news in the morning about nine.’
‘Oh, good God!’
‘Black says he noticed that she looked very depressed the day before, but he thought she was looking better when he brought in the tea.’
‘It was then she got my letter. Does Black say anything about giving her a letter?’
‘Yes, that is to say——’
‘I knew it! I knew it!’ said Julia; and her eyes were wild with grief, and she rocked herself to and fro. ‘It was that letter that drove her to it. It was most ill-advised. I told you so. You should have written. She would have borne the news better had it come
