[With a chuckle.] Where are his letters to your great-grandmother?
Miss Vernon.
She gave them back at the time he returned hers, naturally.
Mrs. Insoley.
I can see her. If she had any letters she would have kept them. Any woman would.
Miss Vernon.
[Bridling a little.] I can’t imagine why you should suddenly throw doubts on a story that the whole county has believed for a hundred years. Every one knew all about Mary Vernon.
Mrs. Insoley.
[Chaffing her.] I am aware that your great-grandmother was an abandoned hussy, but that in itself is no proof that she ever had anything to do with the Regent.
Miss Vernon.