He saw that she was standing where the bank was high above a pool at the spot which was considered dangerous and where the man had been drowned.
Kistna appeared to be bending over.
The Marquis was unable to see what she was doing and thought that she must be picking flowers, which seemed odd at this time of the evening.
Then he saw that on the bank beside her was something large and bulky.
He stared, wondering what it could be, and in the faint light coming from the last of the sunset, he realised that it was a brown linen bag.
He recognised it as being one of the laundry bags in which the housemaids collected the sheets and towels that were to be taken downstairs to be washed.
The Marquis wondered why Kistna had brought the bag with her.
Then he saw that now she was bending down to
