But that was not a matter to be talked about, Madame the
Countess being free at present and in New York, though to all
appearance upon anything but pleasant terms with her quondam admirer.
Remembering the picture I had seen in Mr. Blake's private apartment, I
asked if this lady was a brunette, and being told she was, and of the
most pronounced type, felt for the moment I had stumbled upon
something in the shape of a clue; but upon resorting to Mr. Gryce with
my information, he shook his head with a short laugh and told me I
would have to dive deeper than that if I wanted to fish up the truth
lying at the bottom of this well.
CHAPTER V
A NEW YORK BELLE
Meanwhile all our efforts to obtain information in regard to the fate
or whereabouts of the missing girl, had so far proved utterly futile.
Even the advertisements inserted by Mrs. Daniels had produced no
effect; and frustrated in my scheme I began to despair, when the
accounts of that same Mrs. Daniels' strange and unaccountable
behavior during these days of suspense, which came to me through
Fanny, (the pretty housemaid at Mr. Blake's, whose acquaintance I had
lately taken to cultivating,) aroused once more my dormant energies
and led me to ask myself if the affair was quite as hopeless as it
seemed.
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