{{betlep241.png}} our own. That man has been deceiving us first and then doing us all the harm he could. When we at last found out more about him, we tried to escape him and find Ramon. Then he must be looking for us, too. We went away from the rooms we had because I had seen that evil man upon the street here and I knew he would find us. Then a friend we have told us that he had gone and we came back because I could have work here and knew some good people like the countess here. The pretty Italian signorina here told me that she had seen me when the pretty carols were sung. I listened, but my mother, who is old and sick, wanted me to put down the window." Rose stopped, but looked troubled. "When did the man come to see your father? He has come back again!" "It was some time ago," answered Betty, "and Father thought that he would probably go to Detroit to look for Ramon." "He has money -- our money, and he will kill Ramon, I think." "Perhaps he's been just scaring you," sug- gested Betty. "He did not look so terrible as that." "He is a serpent," said Rose. "Some time I may tell you more, if you care about it." [[241]]