That lawyer, Graves, traveled miles to see him.

What does that mean?
That, in some important way, he is connected with the estate and those two children.
If the estate is worth anything, and we have reason to believe it is, you and I must know it.

If it isn't, it is even more important that we should know, before we waste more time.

If Caroline is an heiress, if she inherits even a moderate fortune--" She shrugged her shoulders by way of finish to the sentence.
Malcolm whistled.
"But to think of that old Down-Easter being related to the Warren family!" he mused.

"It seems impossible." "Nothing is impossible," observed his mother.