Why could not the boy be more explicit?
Who was Miss Ogilvy, whose name, so far as he could recollect, he now heard for the first time, and how did she come to leave Godfrey so much money?
The story was so strange that he began to wonder whether it were a joke, or perhaps, an hallucination.

If not, there must be a great deal unrevealed.

The letter which Godfrey said the Pasteur would write was not enclosed, and if it had been, probably would not have helped him much as he did not understand French, and could scarcely decipher his cramped calligraphy.

Lastly, he had heard nothing from any lawyers or trustees.
In his bewilderment he went straight to Hawk's Hall, taking the letter with him, with a view to borrowing books of reference which might enable him to identify Miss Ogilvy.

The butler said that he thought Sir John was in and showed him to the morning room, where he found Isobel, who informed him that her father had just gone out.