"Did this doctor ever see Mrs. Carew alone?"
"Never. I took care always to be present, and I always prepared my mistress for his visits, warning her to be careful."
"Did she never rebel?"
"With respect to the doctor, never. I had my difficult days with her, but that was my business, and mine alone."
"He must have been a careful and conscientious man," I said somewhat sarcastically.
She capped me by replying, "His accounts were regularly paid. Perhaps that was sufficient for him."
"Perhaps," I said, and I could not avoid a smile, though I was really indignant. "Can you tell me anything more to guide me? Do you think it was Mr. Carew's intention to keep his son in complete ignorance of this misfortune, even after the death of your mistress?"
"I am not positive. My master died during a visit to Wales, while my mistress was still living. It is probable, had he survived his wife, that he would have spoken to his son on the subject. I cannot say for certain, but, from certain words he once used I believe he left some record behind him."
This suggestion aroused me.
"Some written record?" I asked.