7/20 I think you heard me speak of him as the resident landowner in this district, and patron of this living ?' 'I--know of him.' 'He is in London now. It seems that he has run up on business for a day or two, and taken Lady Luxellian with him. He has written to ask me to go to his house, and search for a paper among his private memoranda, which he forgot to take with him.' 'What did he send in the letter ?' inquired Elfride. He doesn't like to trust such a matter to any body else. I have done such things for him before. |