The Ghost by Arnold Bennet Chapter 8 Page 1

THE MESSAGE

When I returned to Alresca’s house — or rather, I should say, to my own house — after the moving and picturesque ceremony of the funeral, I found a note from Rosetta Rosa, asking me to call on her at the H�tel du Commerce. This was the first news of her that I had had since she so abruptly quitted the scene of Alresca’s death. I set off instantly for the hotel, and just as I was going I met my Anglo-Belgian lawyer, who presented to me a large envelope addressed to myself in the handwriting of Alresca, and marked “private.” The lawyer, who had been engaged in the sorting and examination of an enormous quantity of miscellaneous papers left by Alresca, informed me that he only discovered the package that very afternoon. I took the packet, put it in my pocket, and continued on my