As I thought now afresh over this episode in the light of suspicion in which her own powers were involved, the only conclusion I could come to was--always supposing that the theory of the Queen's astral power was correct--that Queen Tera being anxious that all should go well in the movement from London to Kyllion had in her own way taken the Jewel from Mr.Trelawny's pocket-book, finding it of some use in her supernatural guardianship of the journey.

Then in some mysterious way she had, through Margaret, made the suggestion of its loss and finding.
Seventhly, and lastly, was the strange dual existence which Margaret seemed of late to be leading; and which in some way seemed a consequence or corollary of all that had gone before.
The dual existence! This was indeed the conclusion which overcame all difficulties and reconciled opposites.

If indeed Margaret were not in all ways a free agent, but could be compelled to speak or act as she might be instructed; or if her whole being could be changed for another without the possibility of any one noticing the doing of it, then all things were possible.

All would depend on the spirit of the individuality by which she could be so compelled.

If this individuality were just and kind and clean, all might be well.