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Why ? Even now I am at a loss to tell , unless -- well , unless I had become fascinated by that strange , mysterious , indescribable expression ; fascinated , perhaps , by her marvellous beauty , unequalled in all my experience . Next morning , while my man Lorenzo was waiting for me , I told him to make discreet inquiry regarding the pair when in the steward 's room , where he ate his meals . Soon after noon he came to me , saying he had discovered that the young lady had been heard by the night-porter weeping alone in her room for hours , and that , as soon as it was dawn , she had gone out for a long walk alone along the lake-side . It was apparent that she and her father were not on the very best of terms . `` The servants believe they are French , sir , '' my man added ; `` but it seems that they tell people they are English . The man speaks English like an Englishman .