“Certainly not.”
“Did Evangeline know?”
“No. I stopped him telling her. She only knew I was her mother.”
“I’ve tried to keep your secret. I’m afraid it will have to come out now;” and then, turning to Baxter, he said, “Let me have that parcel,” and a sealed packet was handed to him.
“Lady Rellingham,” said Tempest, “did Sir John tell you that the instructions to his partners as to the execution of the trust were in a sealed packet, and that they would not be aware of the contents until the time came for them to act?”
“He did.”
“You were aware that that parcel was destroyed unopened?”
“I saw it in the papers that you said so in court.”
“Did Sir John tell you he had created a duplicate, in case that parcel was destroyed?”
“No, he did not.”