"Oh, what a dreadful thing! Mrs. Arkell, what will Mrs. Dundyke do?"
"Oh, she has enough to live upon, I believe."
"I did not quite mean it in that light," said Lucy, gently, as Mrs. Arkell's remark jarred upon her ear. "And old Marmaduke Carr has died," she resumed, "and there's going to be a law-suit about the property. What a great many things seem to have happened since we went away! Mr. Arkell, which side do you think has the most right to gain the law-suit?"
"The most right? Well, there's a great deal to be said on both sides, Lucy. If there was no marriage, of course the property does belong to the Carrs of Eckford; if there was a marriage, they have no right to it whatever. In any case, the blame lies with Robert Carr; and his descendants suffer."
"Do you think there was a marriage?" continued Lucy.
Mr. Arkell shook his head.
"I don't, my dear, now. Had there been one, some traces of it would have been found ere this."
"Then young Mrs. Carr will lose the law-suit!"
"Undoubtedly. It appears very strange to me that Fauntleroy should go on with it."