Chapter 27: We Descend into a Steamer’s Engine-Room

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌⁠Fleetwood had dropped his friend Lord Feltre at Ancona; his good fortune was to be alone when the clang of bells rang through his head in the reading of Gower’s lines. Other letters were opened: from the Countess Livia, from Lady Arpington, from Captain Kirby-Levellier. There was one from his lawyers, informing him of their receipt of a communication dated South Wales, December 11th, and signed Ow