"Yes, Mater."
"You frightened that poor man. He made off when you fainted."
That evening Horace received a telegram from Monte Carlo——
"Very well but better say nothing.—Hindford."
He read it, laid it down, and told Mrs. Errington the truth.
As already stated, she died very suddenly not long afterwards, leaving behind her the will which so astonished London.
Transcriber's Note: Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Inconsistent American spelling variations, being few in number and most likely introduced in the 1971 reprint, have been amended to British forms. Hyphenation has been standardised.