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She
wondered, because she felt in it something peculiar, a sort of heat
and anxiety, a restlessness, a watchfulness; attributes which sprang
from the observation of that resemblance to the dead man which drew
her mother to Ruffo, but of which her mother had never spoken to her.
Nor did Hermione speak of it again to Gaspare. He had almost angrily
denied it, but since the night of Artois' visit she knew that he had
seen it, been startled, moved by it, almost as she had been.
She knew that quite well. Yet Gaspare puzzled her. He had become
moody, nervous, and full of changes. She seemed to discern sometimes a
latent excitement in him. His temper was uneven. Giulia had said that
one could not speak with him. Since that day she had grumbled about
him again, but discreetly, with a certain vagueness. For all the
servants thoroughly appreciated his special position in the household
as the "cameriere di confidenza" of the Padrona. One thing which drew
Hermione's special attention was his extraordinary watchfulness of
her.


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