"Not
in the forest; I saw another young woman here yesterday, but it was
in the church. She came here to make copies of some of the mosaics.
I had been previously told to expect such an one."
"Did she come to the church before the time when you saw the other
lady pass towards the forest?" asked the lawyer.
"Yes; about half an hour or more before," answered the friar.
"And where was she when the second lady passed, going towards the
Pineta?" asked the lawyer again.
"She was on the scaffolding in the church, which had been prepared
for her to make her copies of the mosaics."
"Do you know whether she saw, or was aware that the second lady had
passed the church to go towards the Pineta?"
"I know that she was aware of it; I was with her on the scaffolding.
We both together saw the woman who was afterwards brought back dead
pass in a bagarino with the Marchese Ludovico di Castelmare, towards
the Pineta."
The lawyer looked hard at the Commissary; and the latter in
obedience, as it seemed, to the look, took out his note-book again,
and made a note of the declaration.
"And what did the young lady who came to copy the mosaics do
afterwards? Where did you part with her?" resumed the lawyer.
"She left the church, and walked in the direction of the forest. I
parted from her at the door of the church.
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