That morning Anthony had received a letter from Miss Sandus. It was
dated and postmarked Craford, where, indeed, (although Miss Sandus was
now at Isola Nobile), it had been written. It had been written at
Susanna's request, almost under her dictation. Then she had given it
to a confidential servant, with orders that it should be committed to
the post three days after her departure.
"I sometimes forget, my dear," Miss Sandus had improved the occasion to
remark, "that you are not English; but the Italian in you comes out in
your unconquerable passion for intrigue."