The Carbuncle Clue A Mystery Author:Fergus Hume This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896*. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XXV. MKS. BEYNMATJB'S STOBY. Fob some moments Mrs. Brynmaur looked at Rixton with a dazed expression, and pushed back her hair ... more »with both hands. The young man did not alter his position, but repeated the name in a low voice. "I know you now--Mrs. Bennett." With a rush the blood came back to her face, the courage to her heart. She rose hastily to her feet, and addressed him calmly. Knowing the worst, she was prepared to meet it. "Mr. Rixton--why do you call me other than my name?" "The name you bear is not your name. You married your second husband before your first was dead. Tour second husband died before your first. Tou are not Mrs. Brynmaur: you are Mrs. Bennett.' She bit her nether lip at these merciless words, and moved slowly back to the chair whence he had borne her a few minutes previously. "I am not Mrs. Bennett. I don't know who you are talking of," she said doggedly. "I am talking of the man who was killed in Gerald Conway's rooms--of the man whom you murdered." "I did not!--I did not! Why should I kill this--this stranger?" Rixton sat down opposite to her and smiled. "We may as well end this fencing, Mrs. Bennett, and" "I tell you I am not Mrs. Bennett," she interrupted, violently. "I tell you, you are," he retorted. "I know you by the scar on your cheek." "The scar on my cheek," she repeated, putting up her hand hastily. "I--I--got that--from--from a fall." "I know you did. Your husband pushed you from him when you quarrelled about Lechmere." "Lechmere!" "Brynmaur, if you like it better. Tour lover changed his name when he came in for his money--for the money you now wrongfully enjoy." "You are talking nonsense, Mr. Rixton. Please leave my house." "No, Mrs. Bennett, I shall not leave your house," said Rixton, sharply; "if I do, it sha...« less