Agnes, the Countess's Daughter

Agnes was so startled by the change in the countess that she was at a loss what to say or to do next. Henry oped her and whispered to her to try again. She obeyed him after an effort. You were in my room last night, she began. Before she could add a word more, the countess lifted her hands and wrung them above her head with a low moan of horror. Agnes shrank back and turned as if to leave the room. Are you well assured that the day of reckoning has come at last? are you ready to follow me back through the crimes of the past to the secrets of the dead? Her eyes flashed. Decide