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We have an ancient proverb in Tuscany which says, "_Rimediare al male fin dal suo principio_. " This very excellent maxim I was endeavouring to carry out. But it is always difficult -- extremely difficult, especially for a woman.
When I had at length crept back to my cabin, fearing discovery by one or other of the pair whose interesting conversation I had overheard, I bolted my door and gave myself up to reflection. To act was imperative. The mysterious old man in the Via Magenta, who seemed so well informed as to Keppel's movements, and who had even told me the whereabouts of Ernest, was wrong in his surmise that the dastardly plot to blow up the yacht had been abandoned. The vessel was to sail to her doom. I alone knew the truth, and upon me devolved the duty of saving the lives of all on board.