Doubtless a few minutes’ search in its drawers and casket would place him in possession of the facts which Elsie wished to confide; but notwithstanding the circumstances that 285 might almost have justified an investigation, his delicate sense of honor forbade the thought. Taking the letters from the mantelpiece, he turned them to the lamp-light.
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Mrs. Agla Gerome, Care of Robert Maclean, Box 20. —— ——. |
They were post-marked New York, and from the size and appearance of the envelopes he suspected that they contained legal documents. Perhaps one of them might prove a will, awaiting signature and witnesses. Dr. Grey carried them into the room where his patient still slept, and placed them on the dressing-table. Accidentally his glance fell on a large worn Bible that lay contiguous, and brightening the light, he opened the volume, and turned to the record of births.
“Vashti Evelyn, born June 10th, 18—.
“Henderson Flewellyn, born April 17th, 18—.
“Vashti Flewellyn, born January 30th, 18—.”
On the marriage record he found,
“Married, July 1st, 18—, Vashti Evelyn to Henderson Flewellyn.
“Married, September 8th, 18—, Evelyn Flewellyn to Maurice Carlyle.”
The only deaths recorded were those of Henderson and Vashti Flewellyn.