CHAPTER XXV
NEMESIS
In the midst of the confusion caused by Maraquito's wickedness
Cuthbert arrived. Juliet flew to him at once and flung
herself sobbing into his arms.
"Oh, Cuthbert--Cuthbert!" she cried, her head on his
shoulder, "that woman has been here. She tried to throw
vitriol at me, and the bottle broke on Lord Caranby's face.
He has burnt his head also; he is dying."
"Good heavens!" cried Mallow, pressing her to his heart,
"thank God you are safe! How did Maraquito come here?"
"I don't know--I don't know," sobbed Juliet, completely
unstrung; "he asked me to see him, and she arrived disguised
as an old woman. Oh, where is the doctor!"
"He has just arrived, miss. Here he comes," said an excited
waiter.
While the doctor examined Caranby's injuries, Cuthbert, very
pale, led Juliet out of the room, and taking her into an
adjoining apartment, made her drink a glass of port wine. "An
old woman," he repeated, "it must have been the disguised
Maraquito then who was killed."
"Killed! She is not killed. She came here and--"
Juliet began to tell the story over again, for she was badly
frightened. Mallow interrupted her gently.
"Maraquito is dead," he said, "she was run over by a motor-car
a quarter of an hour ago."
"Was that her cry we heard?"
"I don't know," replied Cuthbert gloomily. "I was coming
round the corner of the street and saw a woman flying along
the pavement.
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