“Entirely right.”
“In that case, his death may have left Mrs. Rook in a position to be called to account, by those who owe a duty to his memory—I mean the surviving members of his family.”
“There are but two of us, Mr. Morris. My aunt and myself.”
“There are his executors.”
“My aunt is his only executor.”
“Your father’s sister—I presume?”
“Yes.”
“He may have left instructions with her, which might be of the greatest use to us.”
“I will write to-day, and find out,” Emily replied. “I had already planned to consult my aunt,” she added, thinking again of Miss Jethro.
“If your aunt has not received any positive instructions,” Alban continued, “she may remember some allusion to Mrs. Rook, on your father’s part, at the time of his last illness—”