Excerpt from The Haunted Hotel, Vol. 2: A Mystery of Modern Venice, to Which Is Added My Lady's Money
Entering bis own room on the upper floor, Henry placed the manuscript on his table, open at the first leaf. His nerves were unquestionably shaken; his band trembled as he turned the page?, he started at chance noises on the staircase of the hotel.
The scenario, or outline, of the Countess's play began with no formal prefatory phrases. She presented herself and her work with the easy familiarity of an old friend.
'Allow me, dear Hr. Francis Westwick, to introduce to you the persons in my proposed Flay. Behold them, arranged symmetrically in a line.
'My Lord. The Baron. The Courier. The Doctor. The Countess.
'I don't trouble myself, you see, to invent fictitious family names. My characters are sufficiently distinguished by their social titles, and by the striking contrast which they present one with another.
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