I never gave the matter a thought. I will tell her
about it if you like. I said she did not speak Spanish! She
has led a strange life. At one time she wished to dance and
took the name of Celestine Durand. She was taught by a
professor of dancing called Le Beau, who lives in Pimlico, but
while learning she slipped in the street and became the wreck
you see her."
Certainly Mrs. Herne was very frank, and spoke the truth, as
all this bore out the statements of Le Beau and Lord Caranby.
"Her maiden name was Saul, I believe," said Jennings, thinking
Mrs. Herne would deny this promptly.
To his astonishment she did nothing of the sort. "My maiden
name is Saul," she said gravely. "But as Maraquito is the
daughter of my unfortunate brother, her true name is the same--
not her maiden name, you understand. I do not know how you
learned this, but--"
"Lord Caranby paid a visit to Maraquito's salon and recognized
that she was a Saul from her likeness to Emilia, with whom--"
"With whom he was in love," finished Mrs. Herne, crossing her
hands; "that painful story is well known to me. Emilia was my
sister."
"Lord Caranby never told me she had one," said Jennings.
"Lord Caranby does not know the history of our family."
"Save what appeared in the papers," put in the detective.
Mrs. Herne flushed through her sallow skin. "It is not well
bred of you to refer to the misfortunes of my family," she
said; "my mother and brother were unlucky.
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