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"The fourth was an old servant of the other side of the family--Chloe's family--the woman they call Tochatti, who lives there still She's half Italian, though she's lived the greater part of her life in England Chloe's mother picked her up on her honeymoon, and she was Chloe's nurse She has been a most devoted servant all the time, and I would almost as soon suspect Chloe herself as suspect the poor wothe woman's solicitude on the occasion of his first visit to Cherry Orchard, Anstice was compelled to admit it was unlikely she was the culprit; and his impression was deepened by Sir Richard's next speech

"As acouldn't even write her name The other woman, Janet, hat she called a 'poor scollard', but Tochatti went one better, for she could neither write nor read It appeared they had often teased her about it, and she had frequently flown into a rage when the other servants poked fun at her; but she certainly scored in the end!"

"Well, that disposes of the household," said Anstice rather regretfully "But what about outdoor workers--gardeners and so forth?"

"There was only one gardener--and a boy--and neither could possibly have had access to Chloe's writing-table; added to which they both left Cherry Orchard during the critical time and took situations in different parts of the county So they too had to be counted out"

"All this came out in court?"

"Yes You see, had the matter rested between the party libelled and the libeller--if there is such a teres would haveto the fact that practically everyone in the neighbourhood was victi to threats, issued to the Ogden wo more to do with her, the public were, so to speak, directly affected; and it was in the interests of the public that, finally, cris were instituted"

"And in the end an intelligent jury brought in a verdict of guilty?"

"Yes The case came on at Ripstone, five miles away, and of course excited no end of interest locally To give the in that verdict--but I assure you"--he spoke weightily--"when I heard the other sidethe case look still blacker and an to feel very much afraid"