What where Hermione's rights?
Did Harvey know something more than she knew? If so—what did he know?— and what would he do?
What had he meant her to do if his life had been taken? To give Hermione twenty thousand pounds? Was that it? Had Hermione a right to so much?
Mr. Selwyn knew! Then of course there was some additional fact hidden from herself. She would have had to appeal to Mr. Selwyn.
Would have had—if Harvey had died, and if she had been left a lonely widow! Julia shuddered at the thought!
That great sorrow had not come. She and Harvey were spared each to the other.
But Hermione's "rights" claimed attention still from Harvey and Julia together.
What "rights" again? What had Harvey meant?
Something precise and definite surely? Something beyond the general sense that Hermione ought not to have been left unprovided for.
Things might be easily set straight. Only, since Harvey felt so strongly on the subject, why had he not taken action sooner?