Her ladyship proposed sending for medical advice.
He refused to allow her to do this, saying that he could quite easily
be his own doctor in such a trifling matter as a cold. Some hot lemonade
was made at his request, with a view to producing perspiration.
Lady Montbarry's maid having left her at that time, the courier Ferrari
(then the only servant in the house) went out to buy the lemons.
Her ladyship made the drink with her own hands. It was successful
in producing perspiration--and Lord Montbarry had some hours of
sleep afterwards. Later in the day, having need of Ferrari's services,
Lady Montbarry rang for him. The bell was not answered.
Baron Rivar searched for the man, in the palace and out of it, in vain.
From that time forth not a trace of Ferrari could be discovered.
This happened on November 14.
'On the night of the 14th, the feverish symptoms accompanying his
lordship's cold returned. They were in part perhaps attributable to
the annoyance and alarm caused by Ferrari's mysterious disappearance.
It had been impossible to conceal the circumstance, as his lordship
rang repeatedly for the courier; insisting that the man should
relieve Lady Montbarry and the Baron by taking their places during
the night at his bedside.
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