Chapter 26: Chapter 26

IV June 17th.—Just as my hand was on the door of my room, I heard Sir Percival’s voice calling to me from below. “I must beg you to come downstairs again,” he said. “It is Fosco’s fault, Miss Halcombe, not mine. He has started some nonsensical objection to his wife being one of the witnesses, and has obliged me to ask you to join us in the library.” I entered the room immediately with Sir Percival. Laura was waiting by the writing-table, twisting and turning her garden hat uneasily …