“I have done all that man could do, but my efforts have not as yet been crowned with success; I expect you to give me all the information you can.”
“Certainly, that is but a just and reasonable request.”
“You will not be offended, therefore, if I inquire about one or two little matters? Just tell me if you have any of your daughter’s letters, which she might probably have sent here after her departure?”
“I have never seen any of them,” said Lord Ethalwood.
“That’s most important—did anybody else?”
“I gave orders to my butler to destroy them.”
“Do you think he would remember any of the postmarks?”
“I never thought of that,” exclaimed the earl, with a start.
“Probably not, but it is the very first thing that occurred to me. Did any letters arrive?”
“That I cannot tell you.”